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Corporate Service Providers Act 2024 · Updated to 9 Jun 2025 · Part 2 · Regulation of Provision of Corporate Services

8. Registration and renewal of registration of corporate service providers

(1)

An application for the registration, or for renewal of the registration, of a registered corporate service provider must be —

(a)

made to the Registrar in the form and manner specified by the Registrar;

(b)

accompanied by the documents and information required by the Registrar; and

(c)

accompanied by the prescribed fee, if any.

(2)

An application for renewal of registration must be made not earlier than 60 days before the date of expiry of the registration.

(3)

The Registrar may —

(a)

grant the registration or renewal, with such conditions and for such period specified by the Registrar; or

(b)

refuse the registration or renewal.

(4)

An applicant may be registered as a registered corporate service provider for one or more types of corporate services.

(5)

The Registrar may impose different conditions in respect of —

(a)

different classes of registered corporate service providers; or

(b)

registered corporate service providers under different circumstances.

(6)

Without limiting subsection (3)(a), the Registrar may impose on any registered corporate service provider any restriction pertaining to the use by that corporate service provider of the electronic transaction system as the Registrar thinks fit.

Terms defined in s 2

corporate service
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“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;
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corporate service provider
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“corporate service provider” means a person who carries on a business of providing any corporate service;
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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;
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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;
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Registrar
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“Registrar” means the Registrar of Corporate Service Providers appointed under section 5(2)(a), and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar;
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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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