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Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Act 2019 s 15

Precious Stones and Precious Metals (Prevention of Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing and Proliferation Financing) Act 2019 s 15

s 15 Interpretation of this Part

15. In this Part —“cash” means currency notes and coins (whether of Singapore or of a foreign country or territory) which are legal tender and circulate as money in the country or territory of issue; “cash equivalent” means anything used as currency that is prescribed for the purposes of this Part; “designated transaction” means any of the following transactions conducted wholly or partly in Singapore:(a) a sale of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset‑backed token by a regulated dealer to a customer, for which cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment; (b) 2 or more sales of any precious stone, precious metal, precious product or asset‑backed token in a single day by a regulated dealer to the same customer, or to customers whom the regulated dealer knows act on behalf of the same person, for which cash or a cash equivalent in total exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment; (c) a purchase of any precious stone, precious metal or precious product from a customer (who is not a regulated dealer) by a regulated dealer (who is a secondhand goods dealer), for which cash or a cash equivalent exceeding the threshold amount is received as payment; (d) a transaction prescribed as a designated transaction; “threshold amount” means $20,000 or its equivalent in value, or an amount prescribed in substitution.

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