Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Various Types of Companies, Etc.
374. Return to be filed on keeping of registers of foreign company
Last amended by an amending law of 2024.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A foreign company must, at the time when making a lodgment of —
foreign company
“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
its financial statements in accordance with section 373(1); or
financial statements
“financial statements” means the financial statements of a company required to be prepared by the Accounting Standards;
where the Registrar allows under section 373(13)(b) the foreign company to lodge under section 373(1) any other document instead of its financial statements — that other document,also lodge with the Registrar a return containing prescribed information relating to the keeping of the following registers:
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
the register of controllers kept by the foreign company under section 386AF;
register of controllers
“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);
the register of nominee directors kept by the foreign company under section 386AKA;
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);
the register of nominee shareholders kept by the foreign company under section 386ALA.
Terms defined in this Act
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
financial statements
Defined · s 209A“financial statements” means the financial statements of a company required to be prepared by the Accounting Standards;
foreign company
Defined · s 4“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
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);
register of controllers
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);
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12