Singapore legislation

Section 368A

of Companies Act 1967

Section 368A

Duty of directors and authorised representatives to provide information to foreign company

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(1)

A director must give the foreign company any information the company needs to comply with section 372(1) as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after his or her initial appointment, unless he or she has previously given the information to the company in writing.

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(2)

An authorised representative must give the foreign company —

(a)

any information the company needs to comply with section 370(4) as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after his or her initial appointment, unless he or she has previously given the information to the company in writing; and

(b)

any information the company needs to comply with section 372(1) as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after any change in his or her particulars.

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(3)

Despite subsection (1) or (2), a director or an authorised representative must, subject to subsection (4), if requested by the foreign company, give the company any information referred to in section 368(1)(d) or (e) for the purpose of enabling the company to confirm its record of such information or reinstate its record of the information where the original record of the information has been destroyed or lost.

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(4)

The director or authorised representative mentioned in subsection (3) must furnish the information to the foreign company as soon as practicable but not later than 14 days after receipt of a written request for such information from the company.

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(5)

A director or an authorised representative who is bound to comply with a requirement under this section and fails to do so 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.

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