2012-04-30

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Notice 754 Exchange Control Liberalisation

The Monetary Authority of Singapore issued Notice 754 to exempt all persons from the Exchange Control Act effective 1 June 1978. This liberalisation abolishes all exchange control formalities, approvals, and restrictions previously imposed under the Exchange Control Manual. Consequently, all statistical returns previously required under the manual are no longer mandatory.

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MAS 754 25 May 1978 NOTICE TO BANKS, MERCHANT BANKS, INSURANCE COMPANIES, ETC. Reference: ID Circular 6/78 dd 25.5.78 Exchange Control Liberalisation 1 With effect from 1 June 1978, all persons are exempted from the provisions, obligations, etc, imposed under the various sections of the Exchange Control Act (Chapter 245). Therefore, no exchange control formalities or approvals are required for all forms of payments or capital transfers. Any limits or restrictions which were imposed under the Second Edition of the Exchange Control Manual dated 1 January 1977 have been abolished. 2 All statistical returns which were previously submitted under the Exchange Control Manual are no longer required. Last modified on 19/3/2007