Singapore legislation
Clause 27
Clause 27
Amendment of section 4
In the Companies Act 1967 (called in this Part the Companies Act), in section 4(1) —
after the definition of “accounts”, insert —“ “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;”;
delete the definition of “alternate address”;
after the definition of “constitution”, insert —“ “contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:
it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;
it is not a post office box number;
it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;”;
after the definition of “electronic communication”, insert —“ “electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system mentioned in section 12A(1);”; and
after the definition of “foreign company”, insert —“ “full name” or “name” means —
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
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;”.