Singapore legislation

Section 372

of Companies Act 1967

Section 372

Return to be filed where documents, etc., altered

Amended by36/201436/201436/201436/201436/201415/201740/2018

(1)

Where any change or alteration is made in —

(a)

the charter, statutes, constitution, memorandum or articles of the foreign company or other instrument lodged with the Registrar;

(b)

the directors of the foreign company;

(c)

the authorised representative or authorised representatives of the foreign company;

(ca)the particulars of any director or authorised representative of the foreign company which are lodged with the Registrar under section 368(1), other than the director’s or authorised representative’s residential address;

(d)

the situation or address or designation of situation or address of the registered office of the foreign company in Singapore or the days or hours during which it is open and accessible to the public;

(e)

the address of the registered office of the foreign company in its place of incorporation or origin;

(f)

the name of the foreign company;

(g)

the description of the business carried on by the foreign company; or

(h)

the type of legal form or legal entity of the foreign company,the foreign company must, within 30 days or within such further period as the Registrar in special circumstances allows after the change or alteration, lodge with the Registrar particulars of the change or alteration and such documents as the regulations require.

Amended by36/2014

(1A)

A director or an authorised representative of a foreign company must lodge with the Registrar a notice of the director’s or authorised representative’s new residential address within 30 days after the date of change.

Amended by36/2014

(1B)

Where the director or authorised representative mentioned in subsection (1) has changed his or her residential address and has made a report of the change under section 10 of the National Registration Act 1965, the director or authorised representative is to be taken to have informed the Registrar of the change of residential address in compliance with subsection (1A).

Amended by36/2014

(1C)

If default is made by any director or authorised representative of a foreign company in complying with subsection (1A), he or she 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.

Amended by36/2014

(2)

[Deleted by Act 36 of 2014]

(3)

[Deleted by Act 36 of 2014]

(4)

If any order is made by a court under any law in force in the country in which a foreign company is incorporated which corresponds to section 210 of this Act or section 71 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, the company must, within 30 days or within such further period as the Registrar in special circumstances allows after the order was made, lodge with the Registrar a copy of that order.

Amended by36/201415/201740/2018