Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
175. Annual general meeting
Last amended by an amending law of 2025. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Subject to this section and section 175A, a company must hold, in addition to any other meeting, a general meeting of the company to be called the “annual general meeting” after the end of each financial year within —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
4 months in the case of a public company that is listed; or
6 months in the case of any other company.
The Registrar may extend the period mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b) —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
upon an application by the company, if the Registrar thinks there are special reasons to do so; or
in respect of any prescribed class of companies.
Subject to notice being given to all persons entitled to receive notice of the meeting, a general meeting may be held at any time and the company may resolve that any meeting held or summoned to be held is the annual general meeting of the company.
annual general meeting
“annual general meeting”, in relation to a company, means a meeting of the company required to be held by section 175;
Where a company fails to comply with subsection (1) —
the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and also to a default penalty; and
the Court may on the application of any member order a general meeting to be called.
The Minister may, by order in the Gazette, specify such other period in substitution of the period mentioned in subsection (1)(a) or (b), or both.
Terms defined in s 4
annual general meeting
Defined · s 4“annual general meeting”, in relation to a company, means a meeting of the company required to be held by section 175;
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
default penalty
Defined · s 4“default penalty” means a default penalty within the meaning of section 408;
financial year
Defined · s 4“financial year” —(a)in relation to a corporation — means the period in respect of which the financial statements of the corporation is made up, whether that period is a year or not; and(b)in relation to a company — is also to be determined in accordance with section 198;
listed
Defined · s 4“listed”, in relation to a company or corporation, means a company or corporation that has been admitted to the official list of an approved exchange in Singapore and has not been removed from that official list;
officer
Defined · s 4“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)any receiver who is not also a manager;(e)any receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;
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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