Corporate Service Providers Act 2024 · Updated to 9 Jun 2025 · Part 3 · Duties and Responsibilities of Registered Corporate Service Providers
14. General requirement on provision of corporate services
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
A registered corporate service provider must ensure that the corporate service which the registered corporate service provider carries on a business in, is provided by —
registered corporate service provider
“registered corporate service provider” means a corporate service provider who is registered under this Act, and includes —(a)a deemed registered corporate service provider; and(b)a person who is treated under section 42(3) as registered under section 8 as a registered corporate service provider;
one or more registered qualified individuals; or
one or more prescribed persons under the supervision of a registered qualified individual.
Regulations made for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) may prescribe different descriptions of persons for the provision of different types of corporate services.
Terms defined in s 2
corporate service
Defined · s 2“corporate service” means any of the following services:(a)forming, on behalf of another person, a corporation or other legal person;(b)acting, or arranging for another person to act —(i)as a director or secretary of a corporation;(ii)as a partner of a partnership; or(iii)in a similar capacity in relation to other legal persons;(c)providing a registered office, business address, correspondence or administrative address or other related services for a corporation, partnership or other legal person;(d)acting, or arranging for another person to act, as a nominee shareholder on behalf of any corporation, other than a corporation whose securities are listed on an approved exchange within the meaning of section 2(1) of the Securities and Futures Act 2001;(e)carrying out any designated activity in relation to the provision of any accounting service;(f)carrying out an ACRA transaction with the ACRA Registrar using the electronic transaction system —(i)on behalf of another person; or(ii)for one or more companies as a secretary of each of those companies;
registered corporate service provider
Defined · s 2“registered corporate service provider” means a corporate service provider who is registered under this Act, and includes —(a)a deemed registered corporate service provider; and(b)a person who is treated under section 42(3) as registered under section 8 as a registered corporate service provider;
registered qualified individual
Defined · s 2“registered qualified individual” means a qualified individual who is registered under this Act, and includes —(a)a deemed registered qualified individual; and(b)a person who is treated under section 44(1) as registered under section 10 as a registered qualified individual;
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