Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
189. Inspection of minute books
Last amended by an amending law of 2014.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The books mentioned in section 188(1) and (3A) must be kept by the company at the registered office or the principal place of business in Singapore of the company, and must be open to the inspection of any member without charge.
books
“books” includes any account, deed, writing or document and any other record of information, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or by electronic process or otherwise;
Any member is entitled to be furnished within 14 days after the member has made a request in writing in that behalf to the company with a copy of any minutes specified in section 188(1) or (3A) at a charge not exceeding $1 for every page thereof.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
Subsection (1) does not apply to books containing minutes of proceedings of meetings of a company’s directors and of its chief executive officers, or (as the case may be) books containing minutes of the passing of resolutions and the making of declarations by the director of a company that has only one director; and subsection (2) does not apply to any of those minutes.
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;
If any copy required under this section is not so furnished 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 $400 and also to a default penalty.
officer
“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;
Terms defined in s 4
books
Defined · s 4“books” includes any account, deed, writing or document and any other record of information, however compiled, recorded or stored, whether in written or printed form or on microfilm or by electronic process or otherwise;
charge
Defined · s 4“charge” includes a mortgage and any agreement to give or execute a charge or mortgage whether upon demand or otherwise;
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;
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;
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;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
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Financial Statements and Audit
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Arrangements, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
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Investigations
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Dissolution
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Transfer of Registration
Part 11
Various Types of Companies, Etc.
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Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
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