Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration of This Act
12F. Cessation of exclusion of residential address from public access
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
For the purposes of section 12E(2), the grounds for causing the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 12(2)(c) or (d) (as the case may be) are either that —
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;
communications sent by the Registrar under this Act, or by any officer of the Authority under any ACRA administered Act, to the individual at his or her contact address and requiring a response within a specified period remain unanswered; or
there is evidence to show that service of any document under this Act or under any ACRA administered Act at the individual’s contact address is not effective to bring it to the notice of the individual.
Before causing the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access pursuant to section 12E(2), the Registrar must give a notice under subsection (3) to —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
the individual;
every company of which the Registrar has been notified under this Act that the individual is a director, chief executive officer or secretary; and
every private company of which the Registrar has been notified under this Act that the individual is a member.
The notice mentioned in subsection (2) must —
state the grounds under subsection (1) on which the Registrar intends to cease the exclusion of the individual’s residential address; and
specify the period within which representations may be made to the Registrar.
The Registrar must consider the representations (if any) given in response to the notice mentioned in subsection (2) and received within the period specified by the Registrar under subsection (3)(b).
If the Registrar decides to cause the individual’s residential address to cease being excluded from public access, the Registrar must before doing so give notice of the decision to —
the individual; and
every company mentioned in subsection (2)(b) and (c).
A notice to the individual under subsection (2) or (5) must be sent to the individual’s residential address unless it appears to the Registrar that service at that address may be ineffective to bring it to the individual’s notice, in which case it may be sent to any other last known address of that individual.
Any individual aggrieved by the decision of the Registrar under section 12E(2) may, within 30 days after the date of receiving the notice under subsection (5), appeal to the Court which may confirm or reverse the Registrar’s decision and make any directions in the matter.
The individual is not allowed to provide a contact address within 3 years after the Registrar causes the individual’s residential address to cease to be excluded from public access under section 12(2)(c) or (d) pursuant to section 12E(2), unless the Registrar is satisfied that there is good cause for allowing the individual to do so in a particular case.
contact address
“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;
Subject to subsection (8), where an individual provides a new contact address under any ACRA administered Act, the Registrar must replace the individual’s contact address contained in each register kept by the Registrar under section 12(1) with the new contact address.
ACRA administered Act
“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;
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;
Authority
Defined · s 4“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
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;
officer
Defined · s 4“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)any receiver who is not also a manager;(e)any receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;
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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