Is Enhanced Financial Penalties in Force (1 Oct 2022) legally binding?

Q: Is Enhanced Financial Penalties in Force (1 Oct 2022) legally binding?

Enhanced Financial Penalties in Force (1 Oct 2022) is binding in Singapore. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it. The 2020 amendment's enhanced penalty caps, 10% of Singapore annual turnover for larger organisations, took effect 1 October 2022.

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Enhanced Financial Penalties in Force (1 Oct 2022)

Is this legally binding?

Binding. Binding law. It applies to everyone in scope, whether or not anyone points at it.

The 2020 amendment's enhanced penalty caps, 10% of Singapore annual turnover for larger organisations, took effect 1 October 2022.

sso.agc.gov.sgs 48J(3) [Act 40 of 2020 wef 01/10/2022]Show it on the map

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2022-10-01Enhanced financial penalties (10% of Singapore turnover) in force

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