Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 9 · Investigations
239. Powers of inspector in relation to a declared company
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
An inspector of a declared company may employ such persons as the inspector considers necessary and in writing authorise any such person to do anything the inspector could himself or herself do, except to examine on oath or affirmation.
declared company
“declared company” means a company or foreign company which the Minister has by order declared to be a company to which this Part applies;
Any officer or agent of a corporation who —
officer or agent
“officer or agent”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director, banker, solicitor or auditor of the corporation;(b)a person who at any time —(i)has been a person referred to in paragraph (a); or(ii)has been otherwise employed or appointed by the corporation;(c)a person who —(i)has in the person’s possession any property of the corporation;(ii)is indebted to the corporation; or(iii)is capable of giving information concerning the promotion, formation, trading, dealings, affairs or property of the corporation; and(d)where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting or believing that a person is a person mentioned in paragraph (c) — that person.
refuses or fails to produce any book or document to any person who produces a written authority of an inspector given pursuant to subsection (1); or
refuses or fails to answer any question lawfully put to him or her by any such person,shall be liable to be dealt with in the same manner as is provided in section 236(5) for refusing or failing to comply with the request of an inspector.
Terms defined in this Act
Authority
Defined · s 4“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
corporation
Defined · s 4“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes any foreign company but does not include —(a)any body corporate that is incorporated in Singapore and is by notification of the Minister in the Gazette declared to be a public authority or an instrumentality or agency of the Government or to be a body corporate which is not incorporated for commercial purposes;(b)any corporation sole;(c)any cooperative society;(d)any registered trade union; (da)any platform work association registered under the Platform Workers Act 2024; or(e)any limited liability partnership;
declared company
Defined · s 229“declared company” means a company or foreign company which the Minister has by order declared to be a company to which this Part applies;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
officer or agent
Defined · s 229“officer or agent”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)a director, banker, solicitor or auditor of the corporation;(b)a person who at any time —(i)has been a person referred to in paragraph (a); or(ii)has been otherwise employed or appointed by the corporation;(c)a person who —(i)has in the person’s possession any property of the corporation;(ii)is indebted to the corporation; or(iii)is capable of giving information concerning the promotion, formation, trading, dealings, affairs or property of the corporation; and(d)where there are reasonable grounds for suspecting or believing that a person is a person mentioned in paragraph (c) — that person.
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Transfer of Registration
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Various Types of Companies, Etc.
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Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
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