Development Loan Bill

Bill No. 7/1987

Read the first time on 13th March 1987.
An Act to authorise a sum of $35,000 million to be raised by way of loan for the purposes of the Development Fund.
Be it enacted by the President with the advice and consent of the Parliament of Singapore, as follows:
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Short title
1.  This Act may be cited as the Development Loan Act 1987.
Interpretation
2.  In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“advance deposits” means such deposits as are received under section 21;
“Authority” means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 195);
“bearer bond” means a bearer bond issued under this Act;
“book-entry Government security” means any stock or bond issued in Singapore under Part IV in the form of an entry on the records of the Authority;
“local stock” means any stock or book-entry Government security issued in Singapore under this Act or any stock issued under any of the written laws set out in the Schedule;
“regulations” means regulations made under this Act and, in relation to any particular issue of stock, bearer bonds or book-entry Government securities, includes any notification in the Gazette varying such regulations in relation to that issue;
“trustee stock” means any of the securities mentioned in any written law for the time being in force relating to trustees.