Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration of This Act
14. Relodging of lost registered documents
Last amended by an amending law of 2021. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
If in the case of any corporation incorporated or registered under this Act or any corresponding previous written law the constitution or any other document relating to the corporation filed or lodged with the Registrar has been lost or destroyed, the corporation may apply to the Registrar for permission to lodge a copy of the document as originally filed or lodged.
corporation
“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company but does not include —(a)any body corporate that is incorporated in Singapore and is by notification of the Minister in the Gazette declared to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Government or to be a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes;(b)any corporation sole;(c)any cooperative society;(d)any registered trade union; (da)any platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; or(e)any limited liability partnership;
On such application being made the Registrar may direct notice thereof to be given to such persons and in such manner as the Registrar thinks fit.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
The Registrar upon being satisfied —
that the original document has been lost or destroyed;
of the date of the filing or lodging thereof with the Registrar; and
that a copy of such document produced to the Registrar is a correct copy,may certify upon that copy that the Registrar is so satisfied and direct that that copy be lodged in the manner required by law in respect of the original.
Upon the lodgment, that copy for all purposes has, from such date as is mentioned in the certificate as the date of the filing or lodging of the original with the Registrar, the same force and effect as the original.
The Court may, by order upon application by any person aggrieved and after notice to any other person whom the Court directs, confirm, vary or rescind the certificate and the order may be lodged with the Registrar and must be registered by the Registrar, but no payments, contracts, dealings, acts and things made, had or done in good faith before the registration of such order and upon the faith of and in reliance upon the certificate are invalidated or affected by such variation or rescission.
No fee is payable upon the lodging of a document under this section.
document
“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
Terms defined in this Act
constitution
Defined · s 4“constitution”, in relation to a company, means —(a)the constitution of the company which is registered with the Registrar under section 19, as may be amended from time to time; and(b)in the case of a company incorporated before 3 January 2016, the memorandum of association of the company, the articles of association of the company, or both, in force immediately before that date;
corporation
Defined · s 4“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company but does not include —(a)any body corporate that is incorporated in Singapore and is by notification of the Minister in the Gazette declared to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Government or to be a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes;(b)any corporation sole;(c)any cooperative society;(d)any registered trade union; (da)any platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; or(e)any limited liability partnership;
corresponding previous written law
Defined · s 4“corresponding previous written law” means any written law relating to companies which has been at any time in force in Singapore and which corresponds with any provision in this Act;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
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;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
registration
Defined · s 356“registration”, in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 359(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly.
Part 3
Constitution of Companies
Part 4
Shares, Debentures and Charges
Part 5
Management and Administration
Part 6
Financial Statements and Audit
Part 7
Arrangements, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
Part 8
Part 8A
Part 9
Investigations
Part 10
Dissolution
Part 10A
Transfer of Registration
Part 11
Various Types of Companies, Etc.
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12