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NO. 12 OF 2000


"items subject to legal privilege" means—

(a) communications between an advocate and solicitor and his client or any person representing his client made in connection with the giving of legal advice to the client;
(b) communications between an advocate and solicitor and his client or any person representing his client, or between such an advocate and solicitor or his client or any such representative and any other person, made in connection with, or in contemplation of, judicial proceedings and for the purposes of such proceedings; and
(c) items enclosed with or referred to in such communications and made—
(i) in connection with the giving of legal advice; or
(ii) in connection with or in contemplation of judicial proceedings and for the purposes of such proceedings,

when they are in the possession of a person who is entitled to possession of them, but excluding, in any case, any communications or item held with the intention of furthering a criminal purpose;

"material" includes any book, document or other record in any form whatsoever, and any container or article relating thereto;

"Monetary Authority of Singapore" means the Monetary Authority of Singapore established under section 3 of the Monetary Authority of Singapore Act (Cap. 186);

"premises" includes—

(a) a structure (whether or not movable or offshore), building, tent, vehicle, vessel, hovercraft or aircraft;
(b) a place (whether or not enclosed or built upon); and
(c) a part of premises (including premises of a kind referred to in paragraph (a) or (b));