Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
142. Registered office of company
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company must as from the date of its incorporation have a registered office within Singapore to which all communications and notices may be addressed and which must be open and accessible to the public for not less than 3 hours during ordinary business hours on each business day.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
If default is made in complying with subsection (1), the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and also to a default penalty.
officer
“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;
Terms defined in s 4
business day
Defined · s 4“business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday;
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
default penalty
Defined · s 4“default penalty” means a default penalty within the meaning of section 408;
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;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
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Dissolution
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Transfer of Registration
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Various Types of Companies, Etc.
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Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
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