§ 173A — Interpretation of this Part

173A. In this Part —“advocate and solicitor” means an advocate and solicitor of the Supreme Court or a foreign lawyer as defined in section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;

“auditor” means a public accountant who is registered or deemed to be registered under the Accountants Act 2004;

“book” includes any record, register, document or other record of information, and any account or accounting record, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or in any other electronic form or otherwise;

“computer” and “data” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Computer Misuse Act 1993;

“law enforcement agency” means any authority or person charged with the duty of investigating offences or charging offenders under any written law;

“legal counsel” has the meaning given by section 3(7) of the Evidence Act 1893;

“officer” —(a)

in relation to the Authority, includes any person employed by the Authority in an executive capacity; and

(b)

in relation to any corporation (other than a law enforcement agency), has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;

“prescribed written law” means this Act or any of the following Acts, and any subsidiary legislation made under this Act or those Acts:(a)

Banking Act 1970;

(b)

Credit Bureau Act 2016;

(c)

Deposit Insurance and Policy Owners’ Protection Schemes Act 2011;

(d)

Finance Companies Act 1967;

(e)

Financial Advisers Act 2001;

(f)

Financial Holding Companies Act 2013;

(g)

Insurance Act 1966;

(h)

Monetary Authority of Singapore Act 1970;

(i)

Payment Services Act 2019;

(j)

Securities and Futures Act 2001;

(k)

Trust Companies Act 2005;

(l)

such other Act as the Authority may prescribe by regulations made under section 192.[Act 12 of 2024 wef 24/01/2025]