Schedule 6 · Disclosure framework

SIXTH SCHEDULESections 26, 30B, 30C, 30D and 30EDisclosure frameworkDefinitions

1. In this Schedule —“advocate and solicitor” and “Singapore law practice” have the meanings given by section 2(1) of the Legal Profession Act 1966;“Registrar” and “residential address” have the meanings given by section 30C(4).[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]Limits to section 30B2. Subject to paragraph 3, the Registrar or the Authority must not, under section 30B(1), provide to any person —

information obtained under section 28(1A) that is not related to the transaction concerned;[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

information obtained under section 30A; or[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

a document filed or lodged with the Registrar or the Authority on or after 9 December 2024 that contains any of the following information about an individual:

the individual’s date of birth;

the individual’s email address;

the individual’s mobile telephone number.[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]Permitted disclosure of residential address3.—

Despite paragraph 2, and as an exception to section 30C(1), the Registrar or the Authority may provide the residential address of any individual —

to an authorised information service provider under section 30B(1)(a), but the authorised information service provider must not disclose the individual’s residential address in any information service provided by the authorised information service provider;[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

under section 30B(1)(b); or[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

to a Singapore law practice under section 30B(1)(c) to assist an advocate and solicitor practising in the Singapore law practice in effecting the service of process on the individual.[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

Despite paragraph 2, and as an exception to section 30C(1), where the residential address of an individual was filed or lodged with the Registrar or the Authority before 9 December 2024, that residential address may be disclosed under section 30B(1).[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]

To avoid doubt, section 30C(1) does not exclude an individual’s contact address which is the same as his or her residential address from public disclosure.[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]Permitted disclosure under section 30B(1)(b)

in any of the following roles:

a trustee of a bankrupt’s estate appointed under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 or the repealed Bankruptcy Act (Cap. 20, 2009 Revised Edition) as in force before 30 July 2020;

a liquidator or provisional liquidator appointed under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, or the Companies Act 1967 as in force before 30 July 2020;

a judicial manager or an interim judicial manager appointed under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, or the Companies Act 1967 as in force before 30 July 2020;

a receiver or manager appointed under the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, or the Companies Act 1967 as in force before 30 July 2020; or

relating to the prevention of money laundering, terrorism financing and the financing of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction as —

a financial institution as defined in section 2 of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2022;

a moneylender licensed under the Moneylenders Act 2008; or

a licensed estate agent as defined in section 3(1) of the Estate Agents Act 2010.Requirements in relation to disclosure of residential information4A. Where the residential address of an individual is provided to any person for any of the following purposes, the person must ensure that it is only used for that purpose:

to assist in effecting the service of process on the individual mentioned in paragraph 3(1)(c);

to assist a person mentioned in paragraph 4 to exercise the person’s power or to fulfil the person’s obligations mentioned in that paragraph.[S 942/2024 wef 09/12/2024]Interested persons under section 30D5. The interested persons mentioned in section 30D(2) and (5) in relation to an individual are the entities in column 2 of the table corresponding to the position held by the individual in column 1:Column 1Position of individual Column 2Interested person1.A partner or manager of an accounting LLP or a director, chief executive officer or secretary of an accounting corporation (a)Every accounting LLP of which the Registrar has been notified under the Accountants Act 2004 that the individual is a partner or manager; and

Every accounting corporation of which the Registrar has been notified under the Accountants Act 2004 that the individual is a director, chief executive officer or secretary.2.An employee of an accounting LLP or accounting corporation who is a public accountant and practising as such in the accounting LLP or accounting corporationEvery accounting LLP or accounting corporation in which the Registrar has been notified under the Accountants Act 2004 that the individual is practising as a public accountant.3.A director, chief executive officer or secretary of a companyEvery company of which the Registrar has been notified under the Companies Act 1967 that the individual is a director, chief executive officer or secretary.4.A member of a private companyThe private company.5.A director or authorised representative of a foreign companyEvery foreign company of which the Registrar has been notified under the Companies Act 1967 that the individual is a director or authorised representative.6.A partner or manager of a limited liability partnershipEvery limited liability partnership of which the Registrar has been notified under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 that the individual is a partner or manager.7.A director or secretary of a variable capital companyEvery variable capital company of which the Registrar has been notified under the Variable Capital Companies Act 2018 that the individual is a director or secretary.[Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]