United Nations (Freezing of Assets of Persons — Sudan) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

No. S 977

United Nations Act

(CHAPTER 339)

United Nations
(Freezing of Assets of Persons — Sudan)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(1) of the United Nations Act, the Minister for Law makes the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations are the United Nations (Freezing of Assets of Persons — Sudan) (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 2 December 2020.

Amendment of regulation 1

2. Regulation 1 of the United Nations (Freezing of Assets of Persons — Sudan) Regulations 2006 (G.N. No. S 554/2006) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting the words “Freezing of Assets of Persons” and substituting the word “Sanctions”.

Amendment of regulation 2

3. Regulation 2 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “Resolution 1591 (2005)” and substituting the words “Resolutions 1556 (2004), 1591 (2005), 1945 (2010) and 2035 (2012)”.

Amendment of regulation 4

4. Regulation 4(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by inserting, immediately after the definition of “Committee”, the following definition:

“ “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), as in force on 2 December 2020, in relation to Sudan (specified in the first column of that Schedule); and
(b)	the exporting from, transhipment in, or transit through, Singapore of which is prohibited under regulation 6(2)(c)(ii) of the Regulation of Imports and Exports Regulations in relation to Sudan;”; and

(b)

by deleting the full‑stop at the end of the definition of “property” and substituting a semi‑colon, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following definition:

“ “specified person” means —

(a)	an individual or entity, other than the Government of Sudan, operating in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur;
(b)	a party to the N’djamena Ceasefire Agreement; or
(c)	a belligerent in the states of North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur.”.

New regulations 6A, 6B and 6C

5. The principal Regulations are amended by inserting, immediately after regulation 6, the following regulations:

“Prohibition against supplying designated export items

6A. A person in Singapore or a citizen of Singapore outside Singapore must not sell or supply any designated export item to any specified person.

Prohibition against using Singapore ship or aircraft to supply designated export items

6B. An owner or a master of a ship registered as a Singapore ship under the Merchant Shipping Act (Cap. 179), or an owner or operator of an aircraft registered in Singapore under the Air Navigation Act (Cap. 6), must not carry, or cause or permit to be carried, on board or on or in any part of the ship or aircraft any designated export item for supply or sale to any specified person.

Prohibition against provision of technical assistance, training, etc.

6C. A person in Singapore or a citizen of Singapore outside Singapore must not provide to any specified person any technical training or assistance related to the provision, manufacture, maintenance or use of any designated export item.”.

Amendment of regulation 7

6. Regulation 7 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting the words “or 6” and substituting the words “, 6, 6A, 6B or 6C”.

Amendment of regulation 8

7. Regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations is amended —

(a)

by deleting the word “or” at the end of sub‑paragraph (a); and

(b)

by deleting the comma at the end of sub‑paragraph (b) and substituting the word “; or”, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following sub‑paragraph:

“(c)	has information about any act or thing prohibited by regulation 5, 6, 6A, 6B or 6C,”.

Amendment of regulation 9

8. Regulation 9(1) of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after “6,”, “6A, 6B, 6C,”.

Amendment of regulation 10

9. Regulation 10 of the principal Regulations is amended by inserting, immediately after the word “under”, the words “paragraph 9 of Resolution 1556 (2004) or”.

[G.N. No. S 38/2020]

Made on 30 November 2020.

LAI WEI LIN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 15/007/11.9; AG/LEGIS/SL/339/2020/5 Vol. 1]

(To be presented to Parliament under section 2(4) of the United Nations Act).

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