Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 11A · Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
386AN. Central register of controllers
Last amended by an amending law of 2024. 3 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section applies where the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, directs the Registrar to maintain a central register of controllers of companies and foreign companies.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
Where the Minister has directed the Registrar to maintain a central register of controllers of companies and foreign companies under subsection (1) —
register of controllers
“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 Registrar must keep a central register of controllers consisting of the particulars contained in the registers kept by companies and foreign companies to which this Part applies; and
the Registrar must require any company or foreign company to which this Part applies to lodge with the Registrar —
all particulars contained in the company’s or foreign company’s register maintained under section 386AF (including the matters mentioned in section 386AFA(3)); and
all updates to the company’s or foreign company’s register that occur after the lodgment of the particulars under sub‑paragraph (i).
Where the Registrar requires a company or foreign company to lodge with the Registrar the particulars, matters and updates mentioned in subsection (2)(b), the company or foreign company must lodge the particulars, matters and updates in the prescribed form and manner and within the prescribed time.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
If a company or foreign company fails to comply with 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.
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;
Subject to subsection (6), the Registrar must not disclose, or make available for inspection, the central register of controllers of companies and foreign companies kept by the Registrar under this section 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;
The Registrar may disclose prescribed information in the central register of controllers of companies and foreign companies to prescribed persons under prescribed circumstances.
To avoid doubt, different information and persons may be prescribed under subsection (6) for different prescribed circumstances.
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);
register of controllers
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);
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
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