What Can’t a Donee Do?

Published on 10th October, 2017 by Benjamin Li Yong Le

Donee(s) cannot make a trust nomination by creating a trust of insurance policy monies in favour of nominees under Section 49(L)(2) of the Insurance Act.

What can’t a Donee do?

Donee(s) cannot:-

  • make a trust nomination by creating a trust of insurance policy monies in favour of nominees under Section 49(L)(2) of the Insurance Act;
  • make a revocable nomination under Section 49M(2) of the Insurance Act; and
  • execute a Last Will and Testament for the Donor.

Further, a Donee cannot on behalf of the Donor:

  • consent to marriage;
  • consent to touching of a sexual nature;
  • consent to a decree of divorce being granted on the basis of 3 years’ separation;
  • consent to the making of an adoption order under the Adoption of Children Act (Cap. 4);
  • adopting or renouncing a religion;
  • receiving treatment for change of gender;
  • consent or revoking consent to treatment for sexual sterilization within the meaning of the Voluntary Sterilization Act (Cap. 347);
  • consent or revoking consent to treatment to terminate pregnancy;
  • registering or withdrawing an objection under section 9 of the Human Organ Transplant Act (Cap. 131A) in respect of removal of an organ from the person upon his death;
  • making or revoking an advance medical directive under section 3 or 7 of the Advance Medical Directive Act (Cap. 4A);
  • making or revoking a gift of a body or any part thereof under section 3 or 9 of the Medical (Therapy, Education and Research) Act (Cap. 175).

Benjamin Li Yong Le

About the Author

Benjamin Li Yong Le (“Ben”) is an Advocate & Solicitor of the Supreme Court of Singapore. Ben is currently running his own boutique corporate and commercial law firm under the name and style of L’avocat Law LLC.