Companies Act 1967 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Shares, Debentures and Charges
88. Company to keep register of substantial shareholders
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A company must keep a register in which it must immediately enter —
company
“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under any corresponding previous written law;
in alphabetical order the names of persons from whom it has received a notice under section 82; and
against each name so entered, the information given in the notice and, where it receives a notice under section 83 or 84, the information given in that notice.
The register must be kept at the registered office of the company, or, if the company does not have a registered office, at the principal place of business of the company in Singapore and must be open for inspection by a member of the company without charge and by any other person on payment for each inspection of a sum of $2 or such lesser sum as the company requires.
register
“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);
A person may request the company to furnish the person with a copy of the register or any part of the register on payment in advance of a sum of $1 or such lesser sum as the company requires for every page or part thereof required to be copied and the company must send the copy to that person, within 14 days or such longer period as the Registrar thinks fit, after the day on which the request is received by the company.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies appointed under this Act and includes any Deputy or Assistant Registrar of Companies;
The Registrar may at any time in writing require the company to furnish the Registrar with a copy of the register or any part of the register and the company must furnish the copy within 7 days after the day on which the requirement is received by the company.
If default is made in complying with this section, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of $500 for every day during which the offence continues after conviction.
officer
“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;
A company is not, by reason of anything done under this Division —
to be taken for any purpose to have notice of; or
to be put upon inquiry as to,a right of a person to or in relation to a share in the company.
Terms defined in this Act
charge
Defined · s 4“charge” includes a mortgage and any agreement to give or execute a charge or mortgage whether upon demand or otherwise;
company
Defined · s 4“company” means a company incorporated under this Act or under 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;
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;
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;
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;
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