Singapore legislation

Regulation 171

of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Corporate Insolvency and Restructuring) Rules 2020

Regulation 171

Definitions of this Part

Subregulation 1

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires —

Definition

“approving body” means —

(a)

in relation to a company in judicial management — the committee of creditors, if any; or

(b)

in relation to a company in insolvent winding up — the committee of inspection (if any) or the creditors of the company;

Definition

“company” means any corporation liable to be wound up under the Act;

Definition

“liquidator”, in relation to a company, means a person —

(a)

appointed by the Court as the liquidator of the company under section 134 of the Act; or

(b)

nominated by the company or its creditors, or directed by the Court, under section 167 of the Act to be the liquidator of the company;

Definition

“officeholder”, in relation to a company, means a judicial manager or liquidator of the company;

Definition

“remuneration” includes salary.

Subregulation 2

For the purposes of this Part —

(a)

a company “enters judicial management” or is “in judicial management” within the meanings given to those terms in section 88(2)(a) to (e) of the Act; and

(b)

the date of commencement of the winding up of a company is —

(i)

in the case of a company being wound up by the Court — the day on which the order for the winding up of the company is made by the Court under section 124 of the Act; or

(ii)

in the case of a company in voluntary winding up — to be determined in accordance with section 161(6) of the Act.

Subregulation 3

In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to a judicial manager or a liquidator includes a reference to a person who has ceased to be a judicial manager or a person who has ceased to be a liquidator, as the case may be.