Singapore legislation

Clause 12

of Companies, Business Trusts and Other Bodies (Miscellaneous Amendments) Bill

Clause 12

Amendment of section 387B

In the Companies Act, in section 387B —

(a)

in subsection (1), replace “given, sent or served” wherever it appears with “sent”;

(b)

in subsection (2), replace “given or sent to, or served on” with “sent to”;

(c)

in subsection (3), replace “given or sent to, or served on” wherever it appears with “sent to”; and

(d)

after subsection (5), insert —“(6) For the purposes of this section and sections 387C and 387D —

(a)

a reference to a document does not include any of the following:

(i)

a share certificate;

(ii)

a debenture;

(iii)

a certificate of any other interest in a company;

(iv)

an instrument of transfer of any share, debenture or other interest in a company; and

(b)

a reference to the sending of a document includes the circulation, delivery, despatching, depositing, forwarding, furnishing, giving, issuing, serving, submission, transmitting or supply of that document.”.