Singapore legislation

Section 173B

of Companies Act 1967

Section 173B

Duty of directors, chief executive officers, secretaries and auditors to provide information to company

Amended by36/2014Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/202636/201436/2014

(1)

A director, a chief executive officer, a secretary or an auditor (as the case may be) must give the company —

(a)

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

(b)

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).

Amended by36/2014Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026

(2)

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.

Amended by36/2014

(3)

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.

Amended by36/2014

(4)

[Deleted by Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]