Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Management and Administration
194. Power of Court to rectify register
Last amended by an amending law of 2014.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
If —
the name of any person is without sufficient cause entered in or omitted from the register; or
default is made or unnecessary delay takes place in entering in the register the fact of any person having ceased to be a member,the person aggrieved or any member or the public company may apply to the Court for rectification of the register, and the Court may refuse the application or may order rectification of the register and payment by the company of any damages sustained by any party to the application.
On any application under subsection (1), the Court may decide —
any question relating to the title of any person who is a party to the application to have the person’s name entered in or omitted from the register, whether the question arises between members or alleged members or between members or alleged members on the one hand and the public company on the other hand; and
generally, any question necessary or expedient to be decided for the rectification of the register.
The Court when making an order for rectification of the register must by its order direct a notice of the rectification to be so lodged.
register
“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);
No application for the rectification of a register in respect of an entry which was made in the register more than 30 years before the date of the application may be entertained by the Court.
Terms defined in this Act
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
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;
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);
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Transfer of Registration
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