Singapore legislation

Clause 66

of Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Bill

Clause 66

Amendment of section 173E

In the Companies Act, in section 173E —

(a)

replace subsection (1) with —“(1) A director who ceases on or after the date of commencement of section 66 of the Corporate and Accounting Laws (Amendment) Act 2025 to be qualified to act as a director by virtue of section 148(1), 154(1), 155(1), 155A(1), 155C(1) or 155D(1), or by a disqualification order made by the Court under section 149, 149A or 154(2) —

(a)

must, without affecting section 165(1)(c), notify the company of his or her disqualification as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after the disqualification; and

(b)

may give the notice mentioned in section 173A(1)(b), (c) or (d) to the Registrar if the director has reasonable cause to believe that the company will not do so.”; and

(b)

in subsection (4), replace “section 173A(1)(b)” with “section 173A(1)(c)”.