6. Filing of documents

Unless the presiding member directs otherwise, where these Regulations require or permit a document to be filed, the document must be filed by —

lodging the document at the Registry at a time when that office is open for business; or

sending the document by email to the email address specified for this purpose at https://www.ipos.gov.sg.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a document is treated as filed at the time and on the date that —

if the document is lodged in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) — the secretary accepts the document for filing; or

if the document is sent by email in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) — the secretary accepts the document for filing by email.

The secretary may refuse to accept a document for filing if the document does not substantially comply with these Regulations.

The secretary must refuse to accept any of the following documents if the fee specified in the First Schedule for filing that document is not paid:

any notice under regulation 65(3)(e);

any case brought to a Tribunal under the Act.

Where the president or a deputy president has directed that a specified number of copies of any class of documents must be filed, a person filing a document in that class must file that number of copies of the document.

A filed document must show the filing date of the document.

The following particulars of every filed document must be kept at the Registry:

the time of delivery at the Registry of the document for filing;

the filing date of the document;

the title of the proceeding that the document is part of.

In this regulation and the First Schedule, “case” has the meaning given by regulation 26.

In this regulation, “secretary” includes any officer charged with the duty of receiving and filing any documents.

Unless the presiding member directs otherwise, where these Regulations require or permit a document to be filed, the document must be filed by —

lodging the document at the Registry at a time when that office is open for business; or

sending the document by email to the email address specified for this purpose at https://www.ipos.gov.sg.

For the purposes of these Regulations, a document is treated as filed at the time and on the date that —

if the document is lodged in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) — the secretary accepts the document for filing; or

if the document is sent by email in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) — the secretary accepts the document for filing by email.

The secretary may refuse to accept a document for filing if the document does not substantially comply with these Regulations.

The secretary must refuse to accept any of the following documents if the fee specified in the First Schedule for filing that document is not paid:

any notice under regulation 65(3)(e);

any case brought to a Tribunal under the Act.

Where the president or a deputy president has directed that a specified number of copies of any class of documents must be filed, a person filing a document in that class must file that number of copies of the document.

A filed document must show the filing date of the document.

The following particulars of every filed document must be kept at the Registry:

the time of delivery at the Registry of the document for filing;

the filing date of the document;

the title of the proceeding that the document is part of.

In this regulation and the First Schedule, “case” has the meaning given by regulation 26.

In this regulation, “secretary” includes any officer charged with the duty of receiving and filing any documents.