Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Shares, Debentures and Charges
79. Application and interpretation of Division
Last amended by an amending law of 2009.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
This section has effect for the purposes of this Division but does not affect the operation of any other provision of this Act.
A reference to a company is a reference —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
[Deleted by Act 2 of 2009]
to a body corporate, being a body incorporated in Singapore, that is for the time being declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a company for the purposes of this Division; or
to a body, not being a body corporate formed in Singapore, that is for the time being declared by the Minister, by notification in the Gazette, to be a company for the purposes of this Division.
In relation to a company the whole or a portion of the share capital of which consists of stock, an interest of a person in any such stock is deemed to be an interest in an issued share in the company having attached to it the same rights as are attached to that stock.
share
“share” means share in the share capital of a corporation and includes stock except where a distinction between stocks and shares is expressed or implied;
A reference in the definition of “voting share” in section 4(1) to a body corporate includes a reference to a body referred to in subsection (2)(c).
voting share
“voting share”, in relation to a body corporate, means an issued share in the body corporate, not being —(a)a share to which, in no circumstances, is there attached a right to vote; or(b)a share to which there is attached a right to vote only in one or more of the following circumstances:(i)during a period in which a dividend (or part of a dividend) in respect of the share is in arrear;(ii)upon a proposal to reduce the share capital of the body corporate;(iii)upon a proposal that affects rights attached to the share;(iv)upon a proposal to wind up the body corporate;(v)upon a proposal for the disposal of the whole of the property, business and undertakings of the body corporate;(vi)during the winding up of the body corporate.
Terms defined in s 4
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
share
Defined · s 4“share” means share in the share capital of a corporation and includes stock except where a distinction between stocks and shares is expressed or implied;
voting share
Defined · s 4“voting share”, in relation to a body corporate, means an issued share in the body corporate, not being —(a)a share to which, in no circumstances, is there attached a right to vote; or(b)a share to which there is attached a right to vote only in one or more of the following circumstances:(i)during a period in which a dividend (or part of a dividend) in respect of the share is in arrear;(ii)upon a proposal to reduce the share capital of the body corporate;(iii)upon a proposal that affects rights attached to the share;(iv)upon a proposal to wind up the body corporate;(v)upon a proposal for the disposal of the whole of the property, business and undertakings of the body corporate;(vi)during the winding up of the body corporate.
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