Originally posted by pqr:
I.O.U is illegal?
Court need to have papers in black and white leh.
Then what assurance can lender have?
yes such private loans that involve interest is illegal,unless of course someone here wants to give this person an interest free loan
Under the Money lending act chapter 188
http://statutes.agc.gov.sg/non_version/cgi-bin/cgi_legdisp.pl?actno=1959-REVED-188&date=20060615&method=whole&doctitle=What is defined under the law as a moneylender under provision 3 (applies here since this person asking for a loan wants to pay interest)Certain persons and firms presumed to be moneylenders.
3. Save as excepted in paragraphs (a) to (e) of the definition of “moneylender” in section 2, any person who lends a sum of money in consideration of a larger sum being repaid shall be presumed until the contrary is proved to be a moneylender.
What a moneylender must do for his loans to be legalLicences to be taken out by moneylenders.
5. —(1) Every moneylender residing and carrying on the business of moneylending in Singapore whether as principal or as agent shall take out a licence annually.
If you do not have this licence,you will be considered as giving an illegal loan,and thus under provision 15
Contract by unlicensed moneylender unenforceable.
15. No contract for the repayment of money lent by an unlicensed moneylender shall be enforceable:
and this is why loansharking is illegal and loan sharks have no recourse on using the law to get back what they have lent out.