Singapore legislation
Section 254
Section 254
Registers, etc.
(1)
The Registrar of Companies must, subject to Parts 4 to 11, keep such registers as the Registrar of Companies considers necessary in such form as the Registrar of Companies thinks fit.
(2)
Any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, inspect any document, or if there is a microfilm of any such document, that microfilm, filed or lodged with the Registrar of Companies.
(3)
A copy of or an extract from any document (including a copy produced by way of microfilm) filed or lodged with the Registrar of Companies using a non‑electronic medium that is certified to be a true copy or extract by the Registrar of Companies is in any proceedings admissible in evidence as of equal validity with the original document.
(4)
In any legal proceedings, a certificate issued by the Registrar of Companies that a requirement of Parts 4 to 11 specified in the certificate —
had or had not been complied with at a date or within a period specified in the certificate; or
had been complied with upon a date specified in the certificate but not before that date,is prima facie evidence of the matters specified in the certificate.
(5)
If the Registrar of Companies is of the opinion that any document submitted to the Registrar of Companies —
contains any matter contrary to law;
by reason of any omission or misdescription has not been duly completed;
does not comply with the requirements of Parts 4 to 11; or
contains any error, alteration or erasure,the Registrar of Companies may refuse to register or receive the document and request that the document be appropriately amended or completed and resubmitted or that a fresh document be submitted in its place.
(6)
If the Registrar of Companies is of the opinion that it is no longer necessary or desirable to retain any document lodged, filed or registered with the Registrar of Companies and which has been microfilmed or converted to electronic form, the Registrar of Companies may —
destroy the document with the authorisation of the National Library Board under section 17 of the National Library Board Act 1995; or
transfer the document to the National Archives of Singapore under section 16 of that Act.
(7)
In subsection (3), “non-electronic medium” means a medium other than the electronic transaction system established under Part 6A of the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004.