Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · General
390. Disposal of shares of shareholder whose whereabouts unknown
Last amended by an amending law of 2018.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
Where by the exercise of reasonable diligence a company is unable to discover the whereabouts of a shareholder for a period of not less than 10 years, the company may cause an advertisement to be published in a newspaper circulating in the place shown in the register of members as the address of the shareholder stating that the company after the expiration of one month from the date of the advertisement intends to transfer the shares to the Official Receiver.
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
If, after the expiration of one month from the date of the advertisement, the whereabouts of the shareholder remain unknown, the company may transfer the shares held by the shareholder in the company to the Official Receiver and for that purpose may execute for and on behalf of the owner a transfer of those shares to the Official Receiver.
Official Receiver
“Official Receiver” means the Official Receiver appointed under section 17(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Receiver, a Senior Assistant Official Receiver and an Assistant Official Receiver;
The Official Receiver must sell or dispose of any shares so received in such manner and at such time as the Official Receiver thinks fit and must deal with proceeds of the sale or disposal as if they were moneys paid to the Official Receiver pursuant to section 197 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;
Official Receiver
Defined · s 4“Official Receiver” means the Official Receiver appointed under section 17(1) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 and includes a Deputy Official Receiver, a Senior Assistant Official Receiver and an Assistant Official Receiver;
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);