Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 10A · Transfer of Registration
362. Revocation of registration
Last amended by an amending law of 2017.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Registrar may by order revoke the registration of a company if the company fails to comply with section 359(6).
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
The Registrar must, before making an order of revocation —
give the company written notice of the Registrar’s intention to revoke the registration;
specify in the notice a period of at least 30 days within which the company may make written representations to the Registrar; and
consider the company’s written representations (if any) that are received by the Registrar within the time specified in the notice.
At the expiration of the time mentioned in the notice mentioned in subsection (2), the Registrar may, unless cause to the contrary is previously shown, order that the registration of the company be revoked.
registration
“registration”, in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 359(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly.
The Registrar must —
cause a notice of the order of revocation to be published in the Gazette; and
serve a copy of the notice of the order of revocation on the company which registration is revoked.
Upon publication of the notice of the order of revocation in the Gazette, the order of revocation takes effect and the company ceases to be a company as defined in section 4(1) and the provisions of this Act cease to apply to the company.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
An order of revocation under subsection (3) is final.
Despite the order of revocation in respect of a company under subsection (3), the liability (if any) of every officer and member of the company continues.
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;
Nothing in this section prejudices —
the enforcement by any person of any right or claim against the company; or
the enforcement by the company of any right or claim against any person.
Terms defined in this Act
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
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;
registration
Defined · s 356“registration”, in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 359(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly.
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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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