Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
173I. Transitional provisions for old registers of directors, managers, secretaries and auditors
Last amended by an amending law of 2014.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company must continue to keep the following information for the periods set out in subsection (2):
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
with respect to each person who is a director of the company immediately before 3 January 2016 —
the signed copy of the person’s consent to act as a director mentioned in section 173(2)(a) in force immediately before that date; and
documentary evidence (if any) of any change in the person’s name mentioned in section 173(2)(c) in force immediately before that date;
with respect to each person who is a secretary of the company immediately before 3 January 2016, the signed copy of the person’s consent to act as a secretary mentioned in section 173(4A) in force immediately before that date.
The period mentioned in subsection (1) commences on 3 January 2016 and ceases on —
in the case of subsection (1)(a), the date on which the person ceases to be a director of the company; or
in the case of subsection (1)(b), the date on which the person ceases to be a secretary of the company.
Section 173(8) in force immediately before 3 January 2016 continues to apply in respect of any information lodged with the Registrar under section 173 in force immediately before that date.
lodged
“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
Terms defined in s 4
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;
lodged
Defined · s 4“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
name
Defined · s 4“full name” or “name” means —(a)in the case of an individual registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest identity card issued to that individual under section 9 of that Act; or(b)in the case of an individual not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest passport issued to that individual or such other similar evidence of identification as is available;
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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Various Types of Companies, Etc.
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