Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
173A. Duty of company to provide information on directors, chief executive officers, secretaries and auditors
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company must by notice furnish to the Registrar —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
within 14 days after a person becomes a director, chief executive officer, secretary or auditor, the information required under section 173(3), (5), (6) or (7), as the case may be;
within 14 days after any change in the appointment of any director, chief executive officer, secretary or auditor, particulars of any change in the information required to be contained in the register of directors, chief executive officers, secretaries or auditors mentioned in section 173(3), (5), (6) or (7) resulting from the change in the appointment;
within 14 days after any change in the information required to be contained in the register of directors, chief executive officers, secretaries or auditors mentioned in section 173(3), (5), (6) or (7), particulars of the change; and
within 14 days after the company becomes aware that a person has ceased to be qualified to act as a director of the company by virtue of section 148(1), 154(1), 155(1), 155A(1), 155C(1) or 155D(1), or by a disqualification order made by the Court under section 149, 149A or 154(2) (whether or not the company becomes aware of that fact due to the person notifying the company of that fact in accordance with section 173E(1)(a)), the following information:
the fact that the person has ceased to be qualified to act as a director of the company;
the provision of this Act under which the person ceased to be qualified to act as a director of the company or the disqualification order was made;
the date on which the person ceased to be qualified to act as a director of the company.
[Deleted by Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]
The information to be furnished to the Registrar under subsection (1) must be given in a notice in such form as may be prescribed or, if not prescribed, in such form as the Registrar may determine.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
Terms defined in this 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;
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;
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;
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