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Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore

Competition Act and Guidelines

This page provides information on the Competition Act and its guidelines, detailing prohibitions on anti-competitive agreements, abuse of dominance, and mergers that substantially lessen competition.

Last updated 30 September 2025

The Competition Act

The Competition Act was enacted to provide a generic competition law to protect consumers and businesses from anti-competitive practices of private entities.

Access the Competition Act 2004 via the Singapore Statutes Online.

The Key Prohibitions

The Competition Act has three prohibitions.

The three prohibitions are:

1. anti-competitive agreements, decisions and practices ("the section 34 prohibition");

2. abuse of a dominant position ("the section 47 prohibition"); and

3. mergers and acquisitions that substantially lessen competition ("the section 54 prohibition").

Regulations and Orders

The regulations and orders are made pursuant to the powers conferred under the Competition Act 2004.

Access the following Regulations and Orders via Singapore Statues online:

  1. Competition Regulations

  2. Competition (Notification) Regulations

  3. Competition (Transitional Provisions for Section 34 Prohibition) Regulations

  4. Competition (Fees) Regulations

  5. Competition (Composition of Offences) Regulations

  6. Competition (Appeals) Regulations

  7. Competition (Financial Penalties) Order[Competition (Financial Penalties) (Amendment) Order 2010]

  8. Competition (Block Exemption for Liner Shipping Agreements) Order 

CCS Guidelines/Practice Statement

Guidelines are intended to help businesses understand how the CCS will administer and enforce infringements of the prohibitions in the Act. This will improve transparency and provide greater clarity to businesses on the competition law regime. These Guidelines are finalised after seeking inputs and feedback from the public.

The 12 Guidelines published are:

  1. CCS Guidelines on the Major Provisions

  2. CCS Guidelines on the Section 34 Prohibition

  3. CCS Guidelines on the Section 47 Prohibition

  4. CCS Guidelines on the Substantive Assessment of Mergers

  5. CCS Guidelines on Merger Procedures

  6. CCS Guidelines on Market Definition

  7. CCS Guidelines on the Powers of Investigation in Competition Cases 2016

  8. CCS Guidelines on Directions and Remedies 

  9. CCS Guidelines on Lenient Treatment for Undertakings Coming Forward with Information on Cartel Activity 2016

  10. CCS Guidelines on Filing Notifications for Guidance or Decision with respect to the Section 34 Prohibition and Section 47 Prohibition 2016

  11. CCS Guidelines on the Appropriate Amount of Penalty in Competition Cases

  12. CCS Guidelines on the Treatment of Intellectual Property Rights


The Practice Statements published to date:

CCS Practice Statement on the Fast Track Procedure for Section 34 and Section 47 Case