No. S 105
United Nations Act
(Chapter 339)
United Nations (Sanctions — Iran) Regulations 2007
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the United Nations Act, the Minister for Law hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the United Nations (Sanctions — Iran) Regulations 2007 and shall come into operation on 7th March 2007.
Object
2.  The object of these Regulations is to assist in giving effect to Resolution 1737 (2006) of the Security Council of the United Nations.
Application
3.  These Regulations shall not apply to any financial institution or class of financial institutions to the extent that the financial institution or class of financial institutions is or may be subject to any direction of the Monetary Authority of Singapore under section 27A of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186).
Definitions
4.—(1)  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“1737 List” means the list of individuals or entities identified by the United Nations Security Council or the Committee as individuals or entities to whom or which the measures referred to in paragraph 12 of the Resolution apply, which list is updated from time to time by the United Nations Security Council or the Committee, and made available on the Internet through the official United Nations website at http://www.un.org/;
“Committee” means the Committee of the United Nations Security Council established under paragraph 18 of the Resolution;
“designated export item” means any item, material, equipment, goods or technology —
(a)falling within the class or description specified in the third column of the Seventh Schedule to the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations (Cap. 272A, Rg 1) in relation to Iran (specified in the first column of that Schedule); and
(b)the exporting from or transiting through Singapore of which is prohibited under regulation 6(2)(d) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations in relation to Iran;
“designated import item” means any item, material, equipment, goods or technology —
(a)falling within the class or description specified in the second column of the Seventh Schedule to the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations (Cap. 272A, Rg 1) in relation to Iran (specified in the first column of that Schedule); and
(b)the importing into Singapore of which is prohibited under regulation 6(2)(d) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations in relation to Iran;
“designated person” means any individual or entity set out in the 1737 List subject to the conditions set out in paragraph (2);
“funds” includes cheques, bank deposits and other financial resources;
“property” means real or personal property, movable or immovable property, and includes a lease of immovable property as well as a right or an interest in such property;
“Resolution” means Resolution 1737 (2006) of the Security Council of the United Nations.
(2)  The conditions referred to in the definition of “designated person” in paragraph (1) are —
(a)where any individual or entity is added to the 1737 List on or after 7th March 2007, the individual or entity is taken to be a designated person with effect from the date immediately following the date of addition to the 1737 List;
(b)where any individual or entity is removed from the 1737 List, the individual or entity ceases to be a designated person with effect from the date of removal from the 1737 List; and
(c)where the particulars of any individual or entity in the 1737 List are modified on or after 7th March 2007, the particulars of the individual or entity are taken to be modified for the purposes of these Regulations with effect from the date immediately following the date of modification of the 1737 List.
Prohibition against supplying or procuring certain items
5.   Unless permitted under paragraph 9 of the Resolution , no person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall ––
(a)supply, sell or transfer, directly or indirectly, any designated export item to any person in Iran, or for use in or for the benefit of Iran, whether or not the item originated in Singapore; or
(b)procure any designated import item from any person in Iran, whether or not the item originated in Iran.
Prohibition against using Singapore ship or aircraft to supply or procure certain items
6.  Unless permitted under paragraph 9 of the Resolution , no ––
(a)owner or master of a ship registered as a Singapore ship under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179); or
(b)owner or operator of an aircraft registered in Singapore,
shall carry, or cause or permit to be carried, on board or on or in any part of the ship or aircraft —
(i)any designated export item for supply, sale or transfer to any person in Iran, or for use in or for the benefit of Iran, whether or not the item originated in Singapore; or
(ii)any designated import item which has been procured from any person in Iran, whether or not the item originated in Iran.
Prohibition against provision of technical training, financial assistance, services, etc.
7.  Unless permitted under paragraph 9 of the Resolution , no person in Singapore shall —
(a)provide technical assistance or training, financial assistance, or investment, brokering or other services; or
(b)transfer financial resources or services,
relating to the supply, sale, transfer, manufacture or use of any designated export item, to any person in Iran or any citizen of Iran.
Prohibition against dealing with property of designated person
8.  No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall deal, directly or indirectly, in any property (including funds derived or generated from such property) that is owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of —
(a)a designated person;
(b)any entity or individual who acts on behalf of or under the direction of a designated person; or
(c)any entity owned or controlled by a designated person.
Prohibition against provision of funds, financial assets and economic resources to or for benefit of designated person, etc.
9.  No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall make available any funds or other financial assets or economic resources, directly or indirectly, to or for the benefit of —
(a)a designated person;
(b)any entity or individual who acts on behalf of or under the direction of a designated person; or
(c)any entity owned or controlled by a designated person.
Prohibition against provision of specialised teaching or training to citizens of Iran
10.  No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall provide specialised teaching or training to citizens of Iran of disciplines which would contribute to the proliferation of sensitive nuclear activities, or the development of nuclear weapon delivery systems, by Iran.
General prohibition
11.  No person in Singapore and no citizen of Singapore outside Singapore shall knowingly do anything that —
(a)causes, assists or promotes; or
(b)is intended to cause, assist or promote,
any act or thing prohibited by regulation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10.
Duty to provide information
12.—(1)  Every person in Singapore and any citizen of Singapore outside Singapore who —
(a)has possession, custody or control of any property belonging to —
(i)a designated person;
(ii)any entity or individual who acts on behalf of or under the direction of a designated person; or
(iii)any entity owned or controlled by a designated person;
(b)has information about any transaction or proposed transaction in respect of any property belonging to any person referred to in sub-paragraph (a); or
(c)has information about any act or thing prohibited by regulation 5, 6 or 7,
shall —
(A)immediately inform the Commissioner of Police or any authorised person of that fact or information; and
(B)provide such further information relating to the property, transaction, proposed transaction, act or thing as the Commissioner of Police or authorised person may require.
(2)  No criminal or civil proceedings shall lie against a person for any disclosure made in good faith under paragraph (1).
(3)  In this regulation —
“authorised person” means such person as the Minister may designate for the purposes of this regulation;
“Commissioner of Police” includes —
(a)any police officer; and
(b)any person authorised by the Commissioner of Police to act for him for the purposes of this regulation.
Offences
13.—(1)  Any person who contravenes regulation 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 or 12(1) (A) or (B) shall be guilty of an offence.
(2)  It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence in respect of a contravention of regulation 10 or 12(1) (A) or (B) to prove that he had a reasonable excuse for such contravention.
Exemption
14.  The Minister or a person designated by the Minister may, if he considers that it is appropriate to do so in the circumstances of the case and that it is consistent with the intention of the Security Council of the United Nations under the Resolution, by notice in writing exempt, subject to such conditions as he may specify —
(a)any person or class of persons; or
(b)any activity or class of activities,
from any or all of the provisions of these Regulations.

Made this 28th day of February 2007.

CHAN LAI FUNG
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.
[LAW 15/007/11.1 V 7; AG/LEG/SL/339/2005/1 Vol. 2]
(To be presented to Parliament under section 2(4) of the United Nations Act).