Singapore legislation

Clause 20

of ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Bill

Clause 20

Amendment of section 2

In the Business Names Registration Act 2014 (called in this Part the BNR Act), in section 2(1) —

(a)

replace the definition of “alternate address” with —“ “ACRA administered Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 or any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to that Act;”;

(b)

after the definition of “company”, insert —“ “contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:

(a)

it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;

(b)

it is not a post office box number;

(c)

it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;”; (c)after the definition of “document”, insert —“ “electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system mentioned in section 29(1);”; and

(d)

after the definition of “foreign company”, insert —“ “full name” or “name” means —

(a)

in the case of an individual registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest identity card issued to that individual under section 9 of that Act; or

(b)

in the case of an individual not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest passport issued to that individual or such other similar evidence of identification as is available;”.