Singapore legislation
Regulation 5
Regulation 5
Filing of documents
Subregulation 1
The Registrar may refuse to accept or process any document filed at the Registry that fails to comply with the Act or these Rules.
Subregulation 2
Every document filed at the Registry shall —
be in English or where the document is not in English, be accompanied by an English translation of the document in accordance with rule 79; and (b)be filed in accordance with the requirements relating to its size, durability, legibility or format specified in any practice direction issued by the Registrar.(c)[Deleted by S 437/2020 wef 05/06/2020]
Subregulation 3
Where the Registrar refuses to accept any document that does not comply with paragraph (2), the Registrar must give the person that filed the document a notice stating the manner in which the document does not comply with that paragraph.
Subregulation 4
Where any document filed at the Registry is a copy, the Registrar may —
decide whether to accept or process the document; and
require the original to be filed with the Registry.
Subregulation 5
The Registrar may require the filing of a hard copy of any document filed using the electronic online system.