Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11 · Various Types of Companies, Etc.
386. Penalties
Last amended by an amending law of 2014.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
If default is made by any foreign company in complying with any provision of this Division, other than a provision in which a penalty or punishment is expressly mentioned, the company and every officer of the company who is in default and every authorised representative of the company who knowingly and wilfully authorises or permits the default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $1,000 and also to a default penalty.
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;
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;
default penalty
Defined · s 4“default penalty” means a default penalty within the meaning of section 408;
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;
officer
Defined · s 4“officer”, in relation to a corporation, includes —(a)any director or secretary of the corporation or a person employed in an executive capacity by the corporation;(b)a receiver and manager of any part of the undertaking of the corporation appointed under a power contained in any instrument; and(c)any liquidator of a company appointed in a voluntary winding up,but does not include —(d)any receiver who is not also a manager;(e)any receiver and manager appointed by the Court;(f)any liquidator appointed by the Court or by the creditors; or(g)a judicial manager appointed under Part 7 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018;
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12