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Singapore legislation

Regulation 89

of Companies Regulations

Regulation 89

Requirement of secretary

Amended byS 369/2023 wef 31/12/2021S 327/2016 wef 08/02/2016S 379/2015 wef 01/07/2015

For the purposes of section 171(1AA)(b) of the Act, the requirements relating to experience, professional and academic requirements and membership of professional associations that a secretary of a public company must satisfy are any of the following:

(a)

the person has, for at least 3 years in the period of 5 years immediately preceding his appointment as secretary, held the office of secretary of any company;

(b)

the person is a qualified person under the Legal Profession Act 1966;

(c)

the person is a public accountant;

(d)

the person is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants;

(e)

the person is a member of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore;

(f)

the person is a member of the Association of International Accountants (Singapore Branch); (g)the person is a member of the Institute of Company Accountants, Singapore.