Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Schedules
Schedule 15 · Foreign companies to which Part 11A does not apply
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
FIFTEENTH SCHEDULESections 8(7), 386AA(1) and (1A) and 386AC(c)Foreign companies to which Part 11A does not apply
1. Subject to section 386AA(1A), Part 11A does not apply to any of the following foreign companies:
a foreign company that is a Singapore financial institution;
foreign company
“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
a foreign company that is a wholly‑owned subsidiary of a foreign company that is a Singapore financial institution;
a foreign company which shares are listed on a securities exchange in a country or territory outside Singapore and which is subject to —
listed
“listed”, in relation to a company or corporation, means a company or corporation that has been admitted to the official list of an approved exchange in Singapore and has not been removed from that official list;
regulatory disclosure requirements; and
requirements relating to adequate transparency in respect of its beneficial owners,imposed through stock exchange rules, law or other enforceable means;[S 383/2023 wef 28/06/2023]
a foreign company which shares are listed for quotation on an approved exchange in Singapore, such listing being a primary listing.[S 383/2023 wef 28/06/2023][Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026]2. In paragraph 1, “Singapore financial institution” has the meaning given in paragraph 2 of the Fourteenth Schedule.[15/2017][Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026]
approved exchange in Singapore
“approved exchange in Singapore” means an approved exchange as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;
Terms defined in s 4
approved exchange in Singapore
Defined · s 4“approved exchange in Singapore” means an approved exchange as defined in section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;
foreign company
Defined · s 4“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
listed
Defined · s 4“listed”, in relation to a company or corporation, means a company or corporation that has been admitted to the official list of an approved exchange in Singapore and has not been removed from that official list;