Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
173G. Transitional provision on keeping of contact address and residential address of director, chief executive officer or secretary
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where, immediately before the commencement date, there is an alternate address of a director, chief executive officer or secretary entered in the register of directors, register of chief executive officers or register of secretaries, respectively, of any company, the Registrar must, as from that date, cause —
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;
the alternate address to be kept as the contact address of the director, chief executive officer or secretary in that register, instead of as the alternate address of that director, chief executive officer or secretary, until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date; and
that contact address to be made available for public access under section 12(2)(c) as the address of that director, chief executive officer or secretary.
Where, immediately before the commencement date —
there is no alternate address of a director, chief executive officer or secretary entered in the register of directors, register of chief executive officers or register of secretaries (as the case may be) of a company kept by the Registrar under section 173(1)(a), (b) or (c), respectively; and
the residential address of the director, chief executive officer or secretary is entered in the register of directors, register of chief executive officers or register of secretaries (as the case may be) of the company,the Registrar must, as from the commencement date, cause —
the residential address to be kept as the contact address of that director, chief executive officer or secretary in that register until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date, in addition to being kept as the residential address of that director, chief executive officer or secretary; and
the contact address to be made available for public access under section 12(2)(c) as the address of that director, chief executive officer or secretary.
Where —
before the commencement date, the residential address of a director, chief executive officer or secretary of a company (called in this subsection the individual) has been entered in the register of directors, register of chief executive officers or register of secretaries, of the company; and
on the commencement date, those registers do not show that the individual holds any of the positions mentioned in paragraph (a) in the same company,the Registrar must, as from the commencement date, cause the individual’s residential address to be excluded from public access to that register of that company under section 12(2)(c).
Subsection (5) applies to a notice or information required to be furnished or given under section 173A or 173B (as the case may be) relating to an appointment or change in the appointment of a director, chief executive officer or secretary of a company which occurred before the commencement date.
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;
Where the notice or information mentioned in subsection (4) is furnished or given on or after the commencement date, the notice or information must provide the information required under section 173 as in force when the notice or information is furnished or given, despite the appointment or the change in the appointment having occurred before the commencement date.
In this section, “commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 40 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024.
Terms defined in this Act
ACRA administered Act
Defined · s 4“ACRA administered Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 or any of the written laws specified in the Second Schedule to that 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;
contact address
Defined · s 4“contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:(a)it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;(b)it is not a post office box number;(c)it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;
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;
lodged
Defined · s 4“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
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;
residential address
Defined · s 4“residential address” means —(a)in the case of a person registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the place of residence of that person as registered under that Act; or(b)in the case of a person not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the usual residential address of that person;
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