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Regulation 5

of Companies (Registers of Controllers, Nominee Directors, Nominee Shareholders, and Members of Foreign Companies) Regulations 2017

Regulation 5

Prescribed manner of confirmation under section 386AF(10) of Act, etc.

Amended byS 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025S 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025S 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025S 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025S 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025S 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025

Subregulation 1

Amended byS 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025

For the purposes of section 386AF(10) of the Act, the particulars of a controller to be entered in a company’s or foreign company’s register of controllers are treated as confirmed if —

(a)

in response to a notice of the company or foreign company given under section 386AG(2) of the Act, a person confirms, or a registered corporate service provider confirms on behalf of the person, that the person is a registrable controller and has provided those particulars; or

(b)

a person has notified the company or foreign company under section 386AJ(1) of the Act that the person is a registrable controller and has provided those particulars.

Subregulation 2

Amended byS 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025S 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025S 298/2025 wef 09/06/2025S 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025

For the purposes of section 386AF(10) of the Act, the particulars of a controller to be updated in a company’s or foreign company’s register of controllers (called in this paragraph the new particulars) are treated as confirmed if —

(a)

in response to a notice of the company or foreign company given under section 386AH(1) or 386AIA(1) of the Act, the registrable controller confirms, or a registered corporate service provider confirms on behalf of the registrable controller, that a change in the registrable controller’s particulars that are stated in the register of controllers has occurred and has provided the new particulars as the particulars that have changed;

(b)

in response to a notice of the company or foreign company given under section 386AI(1) or 386AIA(1) of the Act, the registrable controller confirms, or a registered corporate service provider confirms on behalf of the registrable controller, that the particulars that are stated in the register of controllers are incorrect and has provided the new particulars as the correct particulars; or

(c)

the registrable controller has notified the company or foreign company under section 386AK(1) of the Act that a change in the registrable controller’s particulars that are stated in the register of controllers has occurred and has provided the new particulars as the particulars that have changed.

Subregulation 3

Amended byS 350/2025 wef 16/06/2025

The particulars or new particulars provided under paragraph (1) or (2) (as the case may be) must be accompanied by —

(a)

a statement made by the registrable controller that the information provided in the registrable controller’s confirmation or notification is true and accurate; and

(b)

the registrable controller’s signature, and the date of the signature, affixed immediately below the statement.