Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
New sections 16A and 16B
The principal Act is amended by inserting, immediately after section 16, the following sections:“Information service — exclusion of liability of errors or omissions 16A. Where the Registry of Businesses furnishes, in any form, information relating to a business registered under this Act to any person, neither the Government nor any of its employees in the Registry or any authorised agent of the Registry who is involved in the supply of such information shall be liable for any loss or damage suffered by any person, by reason of any error or omission, of whatever nature or however caused, if the error or omission is made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the discharge of the duties of the employee or authorised agent or has occurred or arisen as a result of any defect or breakdown in the service or in any of the equipment used for the service.Electronic filing service16B.—
The Registrar may allow any document required to be lodged under this Act to be sent electronically through the service provided by the Registry of Businesses or its authorised agents for the use of subscribers whereby documents required under this Act may be filed electronically with the Registry or its authorised agents.(2) Where the Registry of Businesses or its authorised agents provide a service for the use of subscribers whereby documents required under this Act may be filed electronically with the Registry or its authorised agents, neither the Government nor any of its employees in the Registry or any authorised agent of the Registry shall be liable for any loss or damage, suffered by any person by reason of any error or omission, of whatever nature or however caused, appearing in any document obtained by any person under the service if the error or omission is made in good faith and in the ordinary course of the discharge of the duties of the employee or authorised agent or has occurred or arisen as a result of any defect or breakdown in the service or in any of the equipment used for the service.”.