Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
Regulation 6
Filing of documents
Subregulation 1
Unless the presiding member directs otherwise, where these Regulations require or permit a document to be filed, the document must be filed by —
lodging the document at the Registry at a time when that office is open for business; or
sending the document by email to the email address specified for this purpose at https://www.ipos.gov.sg.
Subregulation 2
For the purposes of these Regulations, a document is treated as filed at the time and on the date that —
if the document is lodged in accordance with paragraph (1)(a) — the secretary accepts the document for filing; or
if the document is sent by email in accordance with paragraph (1)(b) — the secretary accepts the document for filing by email.
Subregulation 3
The secretary may refuse to accept a document for filing if the document does not substantially comply with these Regulations.
Subregulation 4
The secretary must refuse to accept any of the following documents if the fee specified in the First Schedule for filing that document is not paid:
any notice under regulation 65(3)(e);
any case brought to a Tribunal under the Act.
Subregulation 5
Where the president or a deputy president has directed that a specified number of copies of any class of documents must be filed, a person filing a document in that class must file that number of copies of the document.
Subregulation 6
A filed document must show the filing date of the document.
Subregulation 7
The following particulars of every filed document must be kept at the Registry:
the time of delivery at the Registry of the document for filing;
the filing date of the document;
the title of the proceeding that the document is part of.
Subregulation 8
In this regulation and the First Schedule, “case” has the meaning given by regulation 26.
Subregulation 9
In this regulation, “secretary” includes any officer charged with the duty of receiving and filing any documents.