Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
173B. Duty of directors, chief executive officers, secretaries and auditors to provide information to company
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A director, a chief executive officer, a secretary or an auditor (as the case may be) must give the company —
director
“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;
any information the company needs to comply with section 173A(1)(a) as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after his or her initial appointment unless he or she has previously given the information to the company in writing; and
any information the company needs to comply with section 173A(1)(b) or (c) as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after any change to the information referred to in section 173(3), (5), (6) and (7).
Despite subsection (1), a director, a chief executive officer, a secretary or an auditor (as the case may be) must, subject to subsection (3), provide any information referred to in section 173(3), (5), (6) or (7) for the purpose of enabling the company to confirm its record of such information or reinstate its record of the information where the original record of the information has been destroyed or lost.
chief executive officer
“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;
The director, chief executive officer, secretary or auditor (as the case may be) mentioned in subsection (2) must furnish the information to the company as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after receipt of a written request for such information from the company.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
[Deleted by Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]
Terms defined in s 4
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;
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