Malaysia legislation

Section 73

of LABUAN FINANCIAL SERVICES AND SECURITIES ACT 2010

Section 73

For the purposes of Division 4—

(a)

a “private trust” means a trust where each beneficiary of the trust is a connected person in relation to the settlor of the trust;

(b)

a person is a connected person in respect of any of the following relationships:

(i)

his spouse;

(ii)

his descendants and their spouses;

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(iii)

his parents, including step-parents;

(iv)

his grandparents and his spouse’s grandparents;

(v)

his parents-in-law, including step-parents-in-law;

(vi)

his brother, step-brother, sister, step-sister and their spouses;

(vii)

his spouse’s brother, step-brother, sister, step-sister and their spouses and children;

(viii)

his parent’s brother, step-brother, sister, step-sister and their spouses;

(ix)

children of the brother, step-brother, sister or step-sister of his parents, both present and future, including step-children and their spouses; and

(x)

children of his brother, step-brother, sister or step-sister, both present and future, including step-children and their spouses;

(c)

for any of the relationships specified in paragraph (b)

that may be established by affinity or consanguinity, that same relationship may be established by adoption.

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