Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Various Types of Companies, Etc.
376. Service of document
Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Any document required to be served on a foreign company is sufficiently served —
document
“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
if addressed to the foreign company and left at or sent by post to its registered office in Singapore;
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;
if addressed to an authorised representative of the company and left at or sent by post to his or her residential address or contact address; or
authorised representative
“authorised representative”, in relation to a foreign company, means —(a)in the case of a foreign company registered before 3 January 2016 — the agent of the foreign company as defined by this section in force immediately before that date; and(b)in the case of a foreign company registered on or after 3 January 2016 — the person named in a notice lodged under section 368(1)(e);
in the case of a foreign company which has ceased to maintain a place of business in Singapore, if addressed to the foreign company and left at or sent by post to its registered office in the place of its incorporation.
registered
“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
Terms defined in this Act
authorised representative
Defined · s 366“authorised representative”, in relation to a foreign company, means —(a)in the case of a foreign company registered before 3 January 2016 — the agent of the foreign company as defined by this section in force immediately before that date; and(b)in the case of a foreign company registered on or after 3 January 2016 — the person named in a notice lodged under section 368(1)(e);
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
contact address
Defined · s 4“contact address”, in relation to an individual, means an address that meets all of the following conditions:(a)it is a physical address at which the individual can be physically found or contacted by post;(b)it is not a post office box number;(c)it is located in the same jurisdiction as the individual’s residential address;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
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;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
residential address
Defined · s 4“residential address” means —(a)in the case of a person registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the place of residence of that person as registered under that Act; or(b)in the case of a person not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the usual residential address of that person;
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12