做掛名董事需謹慎，專業的事情讓專業的人做。
新加坡即將推出一項新的 CSP 法案：
1要求所有在新加坡境內外提供公司秘書服務的實體或個人根據新的 CSP 法案向 ACRA 註冊為公司服務提供商（「CSP」），無論他們是否需要與 ACRA 進行交易；
2將註冊申報代理 (「RFA」) 和 CSP 違反註冊條款和條件的最高罰款從每次違規的 25,000 新元提高到每次違規至少 50,000 新元；
3將註冊合格個人 (「RQI」) 違反註冊條款和條件的最高罰款從每次違規 10,000 新元提高到每次違規 20,000 新元；
3對 CSP 的董事、所有者、合作夥伴等違反反洗錢/打擊資助恐怖主義義務（「AML/CFT 義務」）的行為處以不超過 100,000 新元的罰款，如果這些人在職責內出現任何疏忽；
4要求 CSP 根據規定的信息來源對其客戶進行篩選，並對客戶進行風險評估；
5要求 CSP 引入涵蓋其在新加坡或其他地方的分支機構或子公司的集團範圍內的 AML/CFT 義務，以降低洗錢/恐怖主義融資的風險；
6取消要求 RFA 在其履行備案代理職能的每個營業地點顯眼地展示其註冊通知的要求；
7要求 CSP 向 ACRA 提供他們向可疑交易報告辦公室提交的可疑交易報告的副本；
8取消現有的豁免規定，即 RFA 不必就新加坡政府實體或外國政府實體的客戶詢問實益擁有人的存在；
9引入一項條款，規定 CSP 的 AML/CFT 義務也將涵蓋為大規模殺傷性武器擴散提供資金；
10對 CSP 提出要求，以確保他們任命的代理董事是合適的和適當的；並滿足規定的培訓要求，如果他們通過業務方式持有超過法定數量的提名董事職位（除非他們是合格的人）；
11引入新的要求，要求被提名董事和股東向 ACRA 披露他們的被提名人身份和提名人的身份，並要求 ACRA 保留此類信息。董事/股東的提名人身份將公開。
官網原文
The Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority (「ACRA」) invites the public to provide feedback on proposed amendments to the Companies Act, ACRA Act and a new Corporate Service Providers Bill ("CSP Bill"). The public consultation exercise will run from 31 May 2022 to 19 July 2022.
Background
ACRA constantly reviews existing legislations to ensure that our corporate regulatory environment remains competitive and robust. In 2015, the ACRA Act was amended to require filing agents and qualified individuals to be registered and comply with the recommendations of the Financial Action Task Force (「FATF」) relating to the combating of money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction.
The proposals aim to enhance the sector's regulatory regime for the purpose of:
improving Singapore’s compliance with the FATF recommendations and maintaining Singapore’s reputation as a trusted financial hub; and
addressing the risks presented by the misuse of nominee arrangements in the creation of shell companies to facilitate money laundering; and to require individuals who act as nominee directors, by way of business1, to be qualified persons.
Proposed enhancements to regulatory regime
ACRA's legislative proposals are:
to enact a new CSP Bill requiring all entities or persons providing corporate secretarial services in and from Singapore to register with ACRA as Corporate Service Providers ("CSPs") under the new CSP Bill, regardless of whether they need to transact with ACRA;
to increase the maximum financial penalty for breaches of terms and conditions of registration by Registered Filing Agents ("RFAs") and CSPs from $25,000 per breach to at least $50,000 per breach;
to increase the maximum financial penalty for breaches of terms and conditions of registration by Registered Qualified Individuals ("RQIs") from $10,000 per breach to $20,000 per breach;
to introduce a fine not exceeding $100,000 for breaches of anti-money laundering/ countering the financing of terrorism obligations (「AML/ CFT obligations」) by, inter alia, directors, owners, partners of CSPs, committed with the connivance of, or attributable to any neglect by these individuals;
to introduce a requirement for CSPs to conduct screening of their customers against prescribed sources of information, and to perform risk assessment on their customers;
to introduce a requirement for CSPs to introduce group-wide AML/ CFT obligations covering their branches or subsidiaries in Singapore or elsewhere to mitigate the risks of money laundering/ terrorism financing;
to remove the requirement for RFAs to display their notices of registration conspicuously at every place of business at which they carry out the function of a filing agent;
to introduce a requirement for CSPs to provide ACRA with copies of Suspicious Transaction Reports that they file with the Suspicious Transaction Reporting Office;
to remove the existing exemptions which provide that RFAs do not have to inquire on the existence of beneficial owners in relation to a customer which is a Singapore government entity or a foreign government entity;
to introduce a provision that the AML/CFT obligations for CSPs will also cover financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction;
to introduce a requirement for CSPs to ensure that individuals they appoint to act as nominee directors are fit and proper; and satisfy prescribed training requirements, if they hold more than a legally prescribed number of nominee directorships by way of business (unless they are qualified persons); and
to introduce a new requirement for nominee directors and shareholders to disclose their nominee status and the identity of their nominator to ACRA and for ACRA to maintain such information. The nominee status of the director/shareholder will be made publicly available.
For more details, please refer to Annex A (PDF, 240KB).
https://www.acra.gov.sg/docs/default-source/default-document-library/legislation/listing-of-consultation-papers/public-consultation-on-proposed-legislative-amendments-relating-to-singapore's-regulatory-regime-for-csps/310522_public_consultation_csp_bill_annex_a_detailed_proposals.pdf
