Interpretation of this Part
49A.  In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —
“enforce” means enforce through criminal, civil or administrative proceedings;
“enforcement” means the taking of any action to enforce a law or regulatory requirement against a specified person, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;
[Deleted by Act 11 of 2013 wef 18/04/2013]
“investigation” means an investigation to determine if a specified person has contravened or is contravening a law or regulatory requirement, being a law or regulatory requirement that relates to the insurance industry in the foreign country of the regulatory authority concerned;
“material” includes any information, book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;
“prescribed written law” means this Act, or any of the following written laws and any subsidiary legislation made thereunder:
(a)Banking Act (Cap. 19);
(b)Finance Companies Act (Cap. 108);
(c)Financial Advisers Act (Cap. 110);
(d)Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);
(e)Payment Services Act 2019;
[Act 2 of 2019 wef 28/01/2020]
(f)Securities and Futures Act (Cap. 289); or
(g)such other Act as the Authority may prescribe;
“regulatory authority”, in relation to a foreign country, means an authority of the foreign country exercising any function that corresponds to a regulatory function of the Authority under this Act;
“supervision”, in relation to a regulatory authority, means the taking of any action for or in connection with the supervision of a subject-matter in the foreign country of the regulatory authority similar to that to which this Act pertains.
[41/2001]