Singapore legislation

Clause 57

of Companies (Amendment) Bill

Clause 57

Miscellaneous amendments

The following provisions of the Companies Act are amended —

(a)

by deleting the words “an approved company auditor” in the following provisions and substituting in each case the words “a public accountant”:sections 199(5), 205(3), 225(2), 227B(3)(a) and (e), 227J(2)(a) and 317(2);

(b)

by deleting the word “auditor” in the 5th line of section 199(5) and substituting the words “public accountant”; (c)by deleting the words “approved company auditor” in section 200(6) and (7) and substituting in each case the words “public accountant”;

(d)

by deleting the words “approved as such” in section 227J(2)(a) and substituting the words “a public accountant”;

(e)

by deleting the words “some approved company auditor” in section 276(2)(a) and substituting the words “a public accountant”;

(f)

by deleting the word “auditor” in the 4th and in the 5th lines of section 317(2) and substituting in each case the words “public accountant”;

(g)

by deleting the words “an approved company auditor” in section 373(6) and substituting the words “a public accountant appointed to provide auditing services in respect of the company’s operations in Singapore”; and

(h)

by deleting the words “an approved company auditor” in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Part II of the Sixth Schedule and substituting in each case the words “a public accountant appointed as auditor of the company”.

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