Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · General
407. General penalty provisions
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A person who —
does that which under this Act the person is forbidden to do;
does not do that which under this Act the person is required or directed to do; or
otherwise contravenes or fails to comply with any provision of this Act,shall be guilty of an offence.
A person who is guilty of an offence under this Act shall be liable on conviction to a penalty or punishment not exceeding the penalty or punishment expressly mentioned as the penalty or punishment for the offence, or if a penalty or punishment is not so mentioned, to a fine not exceeding $1,000.
Every summons issued for an offence committed by an officer of a company or other person under this Act or any regulations may, despite anything in this Act, be served —
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;
by delivering it to that person;
by delivering it to any adult person residing at that person’s last known place of abode or employed at that person’s last known place of business; or
by forwarding it by registered post in a cover addressed to that person at the person’s last known place of abode or business or at any address furnished by the person.
In proving service by registered post, it is sufficient to prove that the registered cover containing the summons was duly addressed and posted.
registered
“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
Terms defined in s 4
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
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;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;