Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Administration of This Act
8. Administration of Act and appointment of Registrar of Companies, etc.
Last amended by an amending law of 2017. 2 amendments in all.
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
The Authority is responsible for the administration of this Act, subject to the general or special directions of the Minister.
Authority
“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
The Minister may, after consultation with the Authority —
appoint an officer of the Authority to be the Registrar of Companies; and
from among the officers of the Authority, public officers and the officers of any other statutory board, appoint such number of Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars of Companies as the Minister considers necessary,for the proper administration of this Act.
The Authority may give to the Registrar such directions, not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, as to the exercise of the Registrar’s powers, functions or duties under this Act, and the Registrar must give effect to such directions.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
Subject to the general direction and control of the Registrar and to such restrictions and limitations as may be prescribed, anything by this Act appointed or authorised or required to be done or signed by the Registrar may be done or signed by any such Deputy or Assistant Registrar and is as valid and effectual as if done or signed by the Registrar.
No person dealing with any Deputy or Assistant Registrar needs to be concerned to see or inquire whether any restrictions or limitations have been prescribed, and every act or omission of a Deputy or Assistant Registrar so far as it affects any such person is as valid and effectual as if done or omitted by the Registrar.
All courts, judges and persons acting judicially are to take judicial notice of the seal and signature of the Registrar and of any Deputy or Assistant Registrar.
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The Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, add to, vary or amend —
the Twelfth Schedule in relation to the contents of the directors’ statement which is required to accompany the financial statements under section 201(16);
the Thirteenth Schedule in relation to the criteria for determining whether a company is a small company for the purposes of section 205C;
the Fourteenth Schedule in relation to the list of companies to which Part 11A does not apply;
the Fifteenth Schedule in relation to the list of foreign companies registered under Division 2 of Part 11 to which Part 11A does not apply; and
the Sixteenth Schedule in relation to the meanings of “significant control” and “significant interest”.
Terms defined in this Act
Authority
Defined · s 4“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
financial statements
Defined · s 209A“financial statements” means the financial statements of a company required to be prepared by the Accounting Standards;
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;
Registrar
Defined · s 4“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
significant control
Defined · s 386AB“significant control”, in relation to a company or a foreign company, has the meaning given in the Sixteenth Schedule;
significant interest
Defined · s 386AB“significant interest”, in relation to a company or a foreign company, has the meaning given in the Sixteenth Schedule.
Part 3
Constitution of Companies
Part 4
Shares, Debentures and Charges
Part 5
Management and Administration
Part 6
Financial Statements and Audit
Part 7
Arrangements, Reconstructions and Amalgamations
Part 8
Part 8A
Part 9
Investigations
Part 10
Dissolution
Part 10A
Transfer of Registration
Part 11
Various Types of Companies, Etc.
Part 11A
Register of Controllers, Nominee Directors and Nominee Shareholders of Companies
Part 12