Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 12 · General
411. Regulations
Last amended by an amending law of 2023. 4 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Minister may make regulations for or with respect to —
the duties and functions of the Registrar, Deputy Registrars, Assistant Registrars and other persons appointed to assist with the administration of this Act;
regulating the use of virtual meeting technology for meetings held in the manner described in section 173J(2)(b) or (c), including —
restricting or mandating the types of virtual meeting technology that may be used;
restricting the means by which voting may be carried out, or mandating how voting may be carried out, using virtual meeting technology;
imposing record keeping and auditing requirements in respect of the use of virtual meeting technology;
imposing requirements relating to the verification or authentication of the identities of persons attending meetings using virtual meeting technology; and
mandating the notices and documents (including physical notices and documents) to be sent to persons attending or eligible to attend a meeting using virtual meeting technology;
all matters connected with or arising out of a compromise or an arrangement between a company and its creditors or any class of those creditors;
the lodging or registration of documents and the time and manner of submission of documents for lodging or registration;
prescribing forms for the purposes of this Act;
prescribing the fees payable for the purposes of this Act, including but not limited to fees for —
the lodgment or registration of any document required to be lodged or registered with the Registrar;
the issue of any document by the Registrar;
any act required to be performed by the Registrar; or
the inspection of any document mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (i) and (ii);
prescribing the fees payable in respect of any of the following required or permitted under any other Act:
the lodgment or registration of any document with the Registrar;
the issue of any document by the Registrar;
the performance of any act by the Registrar;
the inspection of any document mentioned in sub‑paragraphs (i) and (ii);
prescribing the penalties payable for the late lodgment of any document;
prescribing the manner in which prescribed fees and penalties are to be paid;
the waiver, refund or remission, whether wholly or in part, of any fee or penalty chargeable under this Act;
prescribing all matters connected with or arising from the restrictions under this Act as to the reservation or registration of names of companies and foreign companies (including rules for determining when a name falls within those restrictions);
prescribing times for the lodging of any documents with the Registrar; and
all matters or things which by this Act are required or permitted to be prescribed otherwise than by rules or which are necessary or expedient to be prescribed for giving effect to this Act.
The regulations may provide that a contravention of a specified provision of the regulations shall be an offence.
Terms defined in this Act
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
lodged
Defined · s 4“lodged” means lodged under this Act or any corresponding previous written law;
name
Defined · s 4“full name” or “name” means —(a)in the case of an individual registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest identity card issued to that individual under section 9 of that Act; or(b)in the case of an individual not registered under the National Registration Act 1965 — the name as it appears in the latest passport issued to that individual or such other similar evidence of identification as is available;
registered
Defined · s 4“registered” means registered under this Act or any corresponding previous enactment;
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
registration
Defined · s 356“registration”, in relation to a foreign corporate entity that has applied to be registered as a company limited by shares under this Part, means registration by the Registrar under section 359(1), and “register” and “registered” are to be construed accordingly.
virtual meeting technology
Defined · s 4“virtual meeting technology” means any technology that allows a person to participate in a meeting without being physically present at the place of meeting;