Singapore legislation
Regulation 100
of Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Personal Insolvency) Rules 2020
Regulation 100
Form of debtor’s bankruptcy application
Subregulation 1
A debtor’s bankruptcy application must be made in Form PIR‑9, and the affidavit supporting the application must state —
the debtor’s name as it appears in the debtor’s identity card or passport;
the number of the debtor’s identity card or passport, as the case may be;
any other name or names by which the debtor is or was known or by which the debtor carries or has carried on any business;
the debtor’s residential address, and electronic mail address (if any);
the debtor’s occupation and monthly income; and
whether the debtor carries on any business and if so, the nature of the debtor’s business, the address at which the debtor carries on the business, and whether the debtor carries on the business alone or with others.
Subregulation 2
Where a debtor’s bankruptcy application is made by a firm in the firm’s name, the affidavit supporting the application must state —
the name, the number of the identity card or passport, the residential address, electronic mail address (if any), the occupation and the monthly income, of each of the partners in the firm;
whether all the partners concur in the filing of the application;
the name of each partner who does not concur in the filing of the application (if any);
the nature of the business of the firm;
the number of the certificate of confirmation of the registration of the firm under the Business Names Registration Act 2014; and
where any of the partners in the firm carries on any business separately, the nature of the business, the address at which the business is carried on, and whether the partner carries on the business alone or with others.
Subregulation 3
Where the bankruptcy application is made by an individual debtor, the full title of the proceedings is determined by the particulars of the debtor specified in paragraph (1)(a), (b) and (c).
Subregulation 4
Where the bankruptcy application is made by a firm in the firm’s name, the full title of the proceedings must include the name of the firm as well as the names and numbers of the identity cards or passports of all the partners in the firm.
Subregulation 5
The debtor must explain in the debtor’s affidavit how the conditions and grounds specified in sections 310 and 311, respectively, of the Act for the making of a bankruptcy application have been satisfied.