Singapore legislation

Section 386AH

of Companies Act 1967

Section 386AH

Duty of company and foreign company to keep information up‑to‑date

Amended by15/201715/201715/2017Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/202615/2017Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/202515/2017Act 23 of 2024 wef 16/06/202515/2017Act 23 of 2024 wef 16/06/202515/2017

(1)

If a company or foreign company knows or has reasonable grounds to believe that a relevant change has occurred in the particulars of a registrable controller that are stated in the company’s or foreign company’s register of controllers, the company or foreign company must give notice to the registrable controller —

(a)

to confirm whether or not the change has occurred; and

(b)

if the change has occurred —

(i)

to state the date of the change; and

(ii)

to provide the particulars of the change.

Amended by15/2017

(2)

A company or foreign company must give the notice mentioned in subsection (1) within such period as may be prescribed after it first knows of the change or first has reasonable grounds to believe that the change has occurred.

Amended by15/2017

(3)

Section 386AG(3)(a) and (b) applies to a notice under this section as it applies to a notice under section 386AG.

Amended by15/2017Act 24 of 2025 wef 06/05/2026

(4)

Subsection (1) does not require a company or foreign company to give notice to any person in respect of any information that was previously provided by that person or by any registered corporate service provider on behalf of that person.

Amended by15/2017Act 22 of 2024 wef 09/06/2025

(5)

If a company or foreign company fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2), or section 386AG(3)(a) and (b) as applied by subsection (3), the company or foreign company, and every officer of the company or foreign company who is in default, shall each be guilty of an offence and shall each be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000.

Amended by15/2017Act 23 of 2024 wef 16/06/2025

(6)

An addressee of a notice under subsection (1) who fails to comply with the notice within the time specified in the notice for compliance shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $25,000.

Amended by15/2017Act 23 of 2024 wef 16/06/2025

(7)

For the purposes of this section, a relevant change occurs if —

(a)

a person ceases to be a registrable controller in relation to the company or foreign company, as the case may be; or

(b)

any other change occurs as a result of which the particulars of the registrable controller in the company’s or foreign company’s register of controllers are incorrect or incomplete.

Amended by15/2017