Corporate Service Providers Act 2024 · Updated to 9 Jun 2025 · Part 8 · Consequential and Related Amendments to Other Acts
36. Amendment of ACRA Act
Official textFrom Singapore Statutes Online, unchanged
In the ACRA Act —
ACRA Act
“ACRA Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
in section 26, delete the definitions of “FATF”, “FATF recommendation”, “filing agent” and “qualified individual”;
FATF
“FATF” means the intergovernmental body known as the Financial Action Task Force;
in section 26, replace the definitions of “registered filing agent” and “registered qualified individual” with —“ “registered corporate service provider” has the meaning given by section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024;”;
registered filing agent
“registered filing agent” means a filing agent registered by the Chief Executive under section 31 of the old ACRA Act;
in section 27(1)(d), replace “; and” at the end with a full‑stop;
in section 27(1), delete paragraph (e);
in section 28(2), replace “registered filing agent” with “registered corporate service provider for providing the service mentioned in paragraph (f)(i) of the definition of “corporate service” in section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024”;
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;
in section 28, replace subsection (3) with —“(3) A person who carries on a business of acting as a secretary of one or more companies may carry out a transaction with the Registrar using the electronic transaction system for any such company in the person’s capacity as a secretary of the company, if and only if the person is a registered corporate service provider for providing the service mentioned in paragraph (f)(ii) of the definition of “corporate service” in section 2(1) of the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024.”;
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)(a), and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
in section 28(4), after “Subsection (2)”, insert “or (3)”;
delete sections 31 to 34;
in section 35(2), delete paragraph (a);
in section 35(2), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)prescribe the persons to whom, and the transactions to which, the requirement under section 28(2) or (3) does not apply;”;
in section 35(2), delete paragraphs (c) to (f);
in section 35(2)(h), delete “, other than a contravention of a term or condition mentioned in section 31(9) or 32(9),”;
in section 39, replace subsection (5) with —“(5) An officer or employee of the Authority may also, in relation to an investigation into —
Authority
“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the ACRA Act;
a breach of a condition of registration of a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual under the Corporate Service Providers Act 2024; or
registration
“registration” means registration of a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual, as the case may be;
a contravention of or a failure to comply with any provision of that Act, the contravention of or non‑compliance with which is not an offence under that Act,exercise the powers under subsection (1) in the same manner as if the breach, contravention or non‑compliance were an offence under this Act.”; and
in the Second Schedule, after item 3, insert —“3A. Corporate Service Providers Act 2024.”.
corporate service
“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;
Terms defined in this Act
ACRA Act
Defined · s 2“ACRA Act” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004;
Authority
Defined · s 2“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established by section 3 of the ACRA Act;
company
Defined · s 2“company” and “corporation” have the meanings given by section 4(1) of the Companies Act 1967;
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;
electronic transaction system
Defined · s 2“electronic transaction system” means the electronic transaction system established by the Authority under section 27(1) of the ACRA Act;
FATF
Defined · s 2“FATF” means the intergovernmental body known as the Financial Action Task Force;
FATF recommendation
Defined · s 2“FATF recommendation” means any recommendation relating to the prevention of money laundering, proliferation financing and terrorism financing adopted by the FATF;
qualified individual
Defined · s 2“qualified individual” means an individual who satisfies such criteria as may be prescribed for this definition;
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 filing agent
Defined · s 41“registered filing agent” means a filing agent registered by the Chief Executive under section 31 of the old ACRA Act;
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;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)(a), and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
registration
Defined · s 2“registration” means registration of a registered corporate service provider or registered qualified individual, as the case may be;
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