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38 moneylending transaction entered into before the date of the revocation or amendment, as the case may be.

Rules

37.—(1) The Minister may make rules for carrying out the purposes and provisions of this Act.

(2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), the Minister may make rules—
 * (a) to prescribe the maximum amount which may be lent to a borrower or any class or description of borrowers;
 * (b) to prescribe the class or description of borrowers to which a moneylender may grant a loan, or a loan above a specified amount, either generally or in specified circumstances;
 * (c) to regulate the use of advertisements by or on behalf of any moneylender, or any solicitation or canvassing for business by or on behalf of any moneylender;
 * (d) to prescribe the types of activities and services that a moneylender may not engage in or provide;
 * (e) to specify the places where a moneylender may conduct the business of moneylending;
 * (f) to require a moneylender to keep particular accounts or records relating to loans;
 * (g) to prescribe the manner in which accounts and records are to be kept and the particulars to be entered therein;
 * (h) to regulate the conduct of the business of moneylending, or specific types of moneylending activities or services;
 * (i) to provide for the detection and prevention of money laundering or the financing of terrorism, or for the reporting of transactions suspected of involving money laundering or terrorism financing;
 * (j) to discharge or facilitate the discharge of any obligation binding on Singapore by virtue of a decision of the Security Council of the United Nations;
 * (k) to prescribe the forms for the purposes of this Act;