Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
143. Office hours
Last amended by an amending law of 2014.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Notice in the prescribed form of the situation of the registered office, the days and hours during which it is open and accessible to the public, must, in the case of a proposed company, be lodged with the Registrar together with its constitution, at the time of lodgment for the incorporation of the proposed company and in the case of any subsequent change of the particulars therein be so lodged within 14 days after any such change, but no notice of the days and hours during which the office is open and accessible to the public is required if the office is open for at least 5 hours during ordinary business hours on each business day.
In subsection (1), the word “particulars”, in relation to the situation of the registered office, includes the address and designation of the situation or address of the registered office.
registered
“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
If default is made in complying with this section, 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.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
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;
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;
default penalty
Defined · s 4“default penalty” means a default penalty within the meaning of section 408;
lodged
Defined · s 4“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
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;
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
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Financial Statements and Audit
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Arrangements, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
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Investigations
Part 10
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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