Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11A · Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
386ALA. Register of nominee shareholders
Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company or foreign company must keep a register of its shareholders who are nominees (called in this Part the register of nominee shareholders) in the prescribed form and at the prescribed place.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
A company or foreign company must, within 7 days after the company or foreign company is informed of any fact and provided with any particulars mentioned in section 386ALB(1), (1A), (2), (3), (3A) or (4), enter that fact and those particulars in its register of nominee shareholders.
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;
A company or foreign company must, within 7 days after the company or foreign company is informed under section 386ALB(5)(a) that a shareholder of the company or foreign company has ceased to be a nominee, enter the following in its register of nominee shareholders:
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 fact that the shareholder has ceased to be a nominee;
the date on which the shareholder ceased to be a nominee.
A company or foreign company must, within 7 days after the company or foreign company is informed under section 386ALB(5)(b) of any change to the particulars of a person for whom a shareholder of the company or foreign company is a nominee, enter the following in its register of nominee shareholders:
the new particulars of that person;
the date on which the particulars of that person changed.
Subject to section 386AM, a company or foreign company must not disclose, or make available for inspection, the register of nominee shareholders or any particulars contained in the register of nominee shareholders to any member of the public.
member of the public
“member of the public” includes —(a)in the case of a company — any member of the company acting in the member’s capacity as such; and(b)in the case of a foreign company — any member of the foreign company acting in the member’s capacity as such;
If a company or foreign company fails to comply with subsection (1), (2), (3), (4) or (5), 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.
officer
“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;
Terms defined in this Act
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
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;
member of the public
Defined · s 386AB“member of the public” includes —(a)in the case of a company — any member of the company acting in the member’s capacity as such; and(b)in the case of a foreign company — any member of the foreign company acting in the member’s capacity as such;
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;
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);
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