Business Trusts Act 2004 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Management and Administration
63C. Where directors seek agreement to resolution by written means
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The directors of the trustee-manager of an unlisted registered business trust who wish to seek agreement to a resolution of the unitholders of the unlisted registered business trust and for it to be passed by written means must send to each unitholder, having the right to vote on that resolution at a general meeting of the unitholders of the unlisted registered business trust, a copy of the text of the resolution.
unlisted registered business trust
“unlisted registered business trust”, for the purposes of sections 63A to 63G, means a registered business trust the units of which are not listed for quotation or quoted on an approved exchange in Singapore or any securities exchange outside Singapore;
As far as practicable, the directors must comply with subsection (1) as respects every unitholder at the same time and without delay.
Without limiting any other means of complying with subsections (1) and (2), the directors have complied with those subsections if they secure that the same paper document containing the text of the resolution is sent without delay to each unitholder in turn.
document
“document” has the meaning given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
Subject to section 63D, if the resolution is passed before the directors have complied with subsection (1) as respects every unitholder, that fact does not affect the validity of the resolution or any obligation already incurred by the directors under subsections (1) and (2).