Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration of This Act
12E. Exclusion of residential address from public access if contact address is available
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Registrar must cause —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
the residential address of a director, chief executive officer or secretary contained in the register of directors, register of chief executive officers or register of secretaries (as the case may be) kept by the Registrar under section 173(1) to be excluded from public access under section 12(2)(c); and
the residential address of a member of a private company (who is an individual) contained in the electronic register of members kept by the Registrar under section 196A to be excluded from public access under section 12(2)(d).
Where, pursuant to subsection (1) or (3), the residential address of a director, chief executive officer or secretary of a company or a member of a private company mentioned in subsection (1) (called in this section and section 12F the individual) is excluded from public access under section 12(2)(c) or (d) (as the case may be), the Registrar may cause the residential address to cease to be excluded from such public access in accordance with section 12F.
residential address
“residential address” means —(a)in the case of a person registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the place of residence of that person as registered under that Act; or(b)in the case of a person not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the usual residential address of that person;
Where, pursuant to subsection (2), the individual’s residential address has ceased to be excluded from public access under section 12(2)(c) or (d) (as the case may be), the Registrar must cause the exclusion from public access to resume if —
subject to section 12F(8) and the equivalent provisions in other ACRA administered Acts, notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act; or
the Court so directs on an appeal under section 12F(7).
Where —
a document is filed or lodged with the Registrar under this Act by submitting a form on the electronic transaction system on or after the date of commencement of section 30 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024; and
an individual’s residential address is entered in that form,the Registrar must cause the individual’s residential address to be excluded from public access in respect of that document under section 12(2)(b).
Terms defined in this Act
ACRA administered Act
Defined · s 4“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;
chief executive officer
Defined · s 4“chief executive officer”, in relation to a company, means any one or more persons, by whatever name described, who —(a)is in direct employment of, or acting for or by arrangement with, the company; and(b)is principally responsible for the management and conduct of the business of the company, or part of the business of the company, as the case may be;
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
contact address
Defined · s 4“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;
director
Defined · s 4“director” includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors or the majority of the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
electronic transaction system
Defined · s 4“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system mentioned in section 12A(1);
filed
Defined · s 4“filed” means filed under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
lodged
Defined · s 4“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
private company
Defined · s 4“private company” means —(a)any company which immediately prior to 29 December 1967 was a private company under the provisions of the repealed written laws;(b)any company incorporated as a private company by virtue of section 18; or(c)any company converted into a private company pursuant to section 31(1),being a company which has not ceased to be a private company under section 31 or 32;
register
Defined · s 386AB“register of controllers” or “register” —(a)in relation to a company to which this Part applies — means the register that the company is required to keep of its registrable controllers under section 386AF(1), (1A), (2) or (3); and(b)in relation to a foreign company to which this Part applies — means the register that the foreign company is required to keep of its registrable controllers under section 386AF(4), (4A), (5) or (6);
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
residential address
Defined · s 4“residential address” means —(a)in the case of a person registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the place of residence of that person as registered under that Act; or(b)in the case of a person not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the usual residential address of that person;
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