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Section 125. General exceptions

Section 123 shall not prohibit—

 \(a\) the lending of money by the company in the ordinary course of its business if the lending of money  
 is part of the ordinary business of a company;

 \(b\) the provision by a company, in accordance with any scheme for the time being in force, of money  
 for the purchase of or subscription for fully-paid shares in the company or its holding company, being a  
 purchase or subscription by trustees of or for shares to be held by or for the benefit of employees of  
 the company or a subsidiary of the company, including any director holding a salaried employment or  
 office in the company or a subsidiary of the company;

 \(c\) the giving of financial assistance by a company to persons, other than directors, bona fide in the  
 employment of the company or of a subsidiary of the company with a view to enabling those persons  
 to purchase fully-paid shares in the company or its holding company to be held by such persons by way  
 of beneficial ownership; or

 \(d\) the making of a loan or the giving of a guarantee or the provision of security in connection with one  
 or more loans made by one or more other persons by a company in the ordinary course of its business  
 where the activities of that company are regulated by any written law relating to banking, insurance or  
 takaful or which are subject to the supervision of the Securities Commission and where—

      \(i\) the lending of money or the giving of guarantees or the provision of security in connection with  
      loans made by other persons, is done in the course of such activities; and

      \(ii\) the loan that is made by the company, or, where the guarantee is given or the security is provided  
      in respect of a loan, such loan is made on ordinary commercial terms as to the rate of interest or  
      returns, the terms of repayment of principal and payment of the interest or returns.