Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Constitution of Companies
41B. Execution of deeds by company
Last amended by an amending law of 2017.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company may execute a document described or expressed as a deed without affixing a common seal onto the document by signature —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
on behalf of the company by a director of the company and a secretary of the company;
on behalf of the company by at least 2 directors of the company; or
on behalf of the company by a director of the company in the presence of a witness who attests the signature.
A document mentioned in subsection (1) that is signed on behalf of the company in accordance with that subsection has the same effect as if the document were executed under the common seal of the company.
document
“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
Where a document is to be signed by a person on behalf of more than one company, the document is not considered to be signed by that person for the purposes of subsection (1) or (2) unless the person signs the document separately in each capacity.
This section applies in the case of a document mentioned in subsection (1) that is executed by the company in the name or on behalf of another person, whether or not that person is also a company.
name
“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;
Terms defined in s 4
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
director
Defined · s 4“director” includes any person occupying the position of director of a corporation by whatever name called and includes a person in accordance with whose directions or instructions the directors or the majority of the directors of a corporation are accustomed to act and an alternate or substitute director;
document
Defined · s 4“document” includes summons, order and other legal process, and notice and register;
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;
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