Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Constitution of Companies
42A. Company or foreign company with a charitable purpose which contravenes Charities Act 1994 or regulations made thereunder may be wound up or struck off register
Last amended by an amending law of 2018.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section applies to a company or a foreign company —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
that is registered under the Charities Act 1994; or
that has as its sole object or one of its principal objects a charitable purpose connected with persons, events or objects outside Singapore.
A company or foreign company to which this section applies that is convicted of an offence under the Charities Act 1994 or any regulations made thereunder is deemed to be a company or foreign company (as the case may be) that is being used for purposes prejudicial to public welfare and may be liable, in the case of a company, to be wound up by the Court under section 125(1)(n) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 or, in the case of a foreign company, to have its name struck off the register by the Registrar under section 377(8).
foreign company
“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
In this section, “charitable purpose” means any charitable purpose or object or any other religious, public or social purpose or object, whether or not charitable under the law of Singapore.
Terms defined in this Act
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
foreign company
Defined · s 4“foreign company” means —(a)a company, corporation, society, association or other body incorporated outside Singapore; or(b)an unincorporated society, association or other body which under the law of its place of origin may sue or be sued, or hold property in the name of the secretary or other officer of the body or association duly appointed for that purpose and which does not have its head office or principal place of business in Singapore;
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;
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);
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;
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