Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Various Types of Companies, Etc.
380. Contents of register and index of members of foreign companies
Last amended by an amending law of 2022. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The register of members of a foreign company required to be kept under section 379 must contain the following particulars:
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 names and addresses of the members of the foreign company;
the date on which the name of each person was entered in the register as a member;
the date on which any person who ceased to be a member during the previous 7 years so ceased to be a member;
in the case of a foreign company having a share capital —
a statement of the shares held by each member, distinguishing each share by its number (if any) or by the number (if any) of the certificate evidencing the member’s holding and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member; and
such particulars of the shares held by each member, including the date of every allotment of shares to members and the number of shares comprised in each allotment;
such other particulars as may be prescribed.
Every foreign company having more than 50 members must, unless the register of members is in such a form as to constitute in itself an index —
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;
keep an index in convenient form of the names of the members;
within 14 days after the date on which any alteration is made in the register of members, make any necessary alteration in the index; and
keep the index at the same place as the register of members.
The index must in respect of each member contain a sufficient indication to enable the account of that member in the register to be readily found.
If there is any change in the particulars mentioned in subsection (1) contained in the register of members of a foreign company, the foreign company must, within 30 days after the change, update the register of members to reflect the change.
Terms defined in this Act
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;
name
Defined · s 4“full name” or “name” means —(a)in the case of an individual registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest identity card issued to that individual under section 9 of that Act; or(b)in the case of an individual not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest passport issued to that individual or such other similar evidence of identification as is available;
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);
share
Defined · s 4“share” means share in the share capital of a corporation and includes stock except where a distinction between stocks and shares is expressed or implied;
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12