Singapore legislation

Section 395

of Companies Act 1967

Section 395

Form of company records

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(1)

A company must adequately record for future reference the information required to be contained in any company records.

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(2)

Subject to subsection (1), company records may be —

(a)

kept in hard copy form or in electronic form; and

(b)

arranged in the manner that the directors of the company think fit.

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(3)

If company records are kept in electronic form, the company must ensure that they are capable of being reproduced in hard copy form.

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(4)

In this section and sections 396 and 396A —

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Definition

“company” includes a corporation which is required to keep company records under this Act;

Definition

“company record” means any register, index, minute book, accounting record, minute or other document required by this Act to be kept by a company;

Definition

“in electronic form” means in the form of an electronic record as defined in section 2(1) of the Electronic Transactions Act 2010;

Definition

“in hard copy form” means in a paper form or similar form capable of being read.

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