Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 6A · Electronic Transaction System and Data Framework
26. Interpretation of this Part
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In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —“authorised information service provider” means any person authorised by the Registrar or the Authority to provide information services to the public using information provided by the Registrar or the Authority;“Chief Executive” includes an officer of the Authority authorised by the Chief Executive to exercise a power, function or duty of the Chief Executive under this Part;“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;“copy”, in relation to a document, includes a representation of the document in an electronic form;“disclosure framework” means the disclosure framework set out in the Sixth Schedule;“document” includes any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration, return or other document (whether in electronic form or otherwise) filed or lodged with, or submitted to, the Registrar;“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Authority under section 27(1);[Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025][Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]“Fifth Schedule Act” means any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule;[Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]“malfunction”, in relation to the electronic transaction system, includes any defect or breakdown in that system or in any equipment, software or telecommunication networks used in or in connection with that system;“prescribed entity” means any entity prescribed under section 35 for the purposes of section 30A;“prescribed public agency” means any public agency prescribed under section 35 for the purposes of section 30A;“public agency” means a public officer, an Organ of State or a ministry or department of the Government, or a body or authority established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge a public function, or a member, an officer or employee, or any department thereof;[Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025][Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025][Deleted by Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025]“registered corporate service provider” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024;“Registrar” means —
the Registrar appointed under a scheduled Act; or
the person specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule, in respect of a Fifth Schedule Act specified in the first column of that Schedule;“scheduled Act” means any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule;“scheduled law” means any scheduled Act or Fifth Schedule Act;“transaction”, in relation to the Registrar, means —
the filing or lodging of any document with the Registrar, or the submission, production, delivery, providing or sending of any document to the Registrar, under a scheduled law;
the making of any application, submission or request to the Registrar under a scheduled law;
the provision of any undertaking or declaration to the Registrar under a scheduled law; and
the extraction, retrieval or accessing of any document, record or information maintained by the Registrar under a scheduled law.[28A
“authorised information service provider” means any person authorised by the Registrar or the Authority to provide information services to the public using information provided by the Registrar or the Authority;
“Chief Executive” includes an officer of the Authority authorised by the Chief Executive to exercise a power, function or duty of the Chief Executive under this Part;
Chief Executive
“Chief Executive” means the Chief Executive of the Authority, and includes any individual acting in that capacity;
“company” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
“copy”, in relation to a document, includes a representation of the document in an electronic form;
“disclosure framework” means the disclosure framework set out in the Sixth Schedule;
“document” includes any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration, return or other document (whether in electronic form or otherwise) filed or lodged with, or submitted to, the Registrar;
“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Authority under section 27(1);
“Fifth Schedule Act” means any of the written laws specified in the first column of the Fifth Schedule;
“malfunction”, in relation to the electronic transaction system, includes any defect or breakdown in that system or in any equipment, software or telecommunication networks used in or in connection with that system;
“prescribed entity” means any entity prescribed under section 35 for the purposes of section 30A;
“prescribed public agency” means any public agency prescribed under section 35 for the purposes of section 30A;
“public agency” means a public officer, an Organ of State or a ministry or department of the Government, or a body or authority established by or under any public Act to perform or discharge a public function, or a member, an officer or employee, or any department thereof;
“registered corporate service provider” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024;
“Registrar” means —
the Registrar appointed under a scheduled Act; or
the person specified in the second column of the Fifth Schedule, in respect of a Fifth Schedule Act specified in the first column of that Schedule;
“scheduled Act” means any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule;
“scheduled law” means any scheduled Act or Fifth Schedule Act;
“transaction”, in relation to the Registrar, means —
the filing or lodging of any document with the Registrar, or the submission, production, delivery, providing or sending of any document to the Registrar, under a scheduled law;
the making of any application, submission or request to the Registrar under a scheduled law;
the provision of any undertaking or declaration to the Registrar under a scheduled law; and
the extraction, retrieval or accessing of any document, record or information maintained by the Registrar under a scheduled law.[28A