Singapore legislation
Clause 10
Clause 10
Amendment of section 34
Section 34 of the principal Act is amended —
by inserting, immediately after paragraph (e), the following paragraphs:“(ea)any officer of a company or limited liability partnership who is duly authorised by the company or limited liability partnership to act on its behalf in any relevant matter or proceeding to which it is a party, in respect only of that officer acting on behalf of the company or limited liability partnership, in accordance with the Rules of Court, in that matter or proceeding;
(eb)any officer of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) who is duly authorised by the unincorporated association to act on its behalf in any relevant matter or proceeding to which it is a party, in respect only of that officer acting on behalf of the unincorporated association, in accordance with the Rules of Court, in that matter or proceeding;
(ec)any legal counsel (by whatever name called) in an entity acting solely for the entity in any matter to which it is a party, other than by —
appearing or pleading in any court of justice in Singapore, except where such appearance or pleading is otherwise permitted under any written law;
appearing in any hearing before a quasi-judicial or regulatory body, authority or tribunal in Singapore, except where such appearance is otherwise permitted under any written law; or
attesting any document which is required to be attested by an advocate and solicitor;”; and
by renumbering the section as subsection (1) of that section, and by inserting immediately thereafter the following subsections:“(2) The Minister may make rules for the exemption from section 33 of any person who, or any class of persons each of whom, satisfies such requirements, and does such act in such circumstances, as may be prescribed in those rules.(3) In this section —“company” means a company incorporated under the Companies Act (Cap. 50);“limited liability partnership” means a limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A);“manager”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act;“officer” —
in relation to a company, means any director or secretary of the company, or a person employed in an executive capacity by the company;
in relation to a limited liability partnership, means any partner in or manager of the limited liability partnership; or
in relation to an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), means the president, the secretary, or any member of the committee of the unincorporated association;“partner”, in relation to a limited liability partnership, has the same meaning as in the Limited Liability Partnerships Act;“relevant matter or proceeding” means a matter or proceeding of such type as may be specified in the Rules of Court;“Rules of Court” means Rules of Court made by the Rules Committee.”.