Corporate Service Providers (Exemptions) Order 2025

Section 7 of the Act does not apply to a person who acts as a director of a corporation by way of business, where a registered corporate service provider providing the corporate service of acting, or arranging for another person to act, as a director of a corporation has arranged for that person to so act (including where the registered corporate service provider has arranged for that person to act as a nominee director of the company by way of business under section 145A(1)(b) of the Companies Act 1967).

Section 7 of the Act does not apply to a person who acts as a nominee shareholder of a corporation by way of business, where a registered corporate service provider providing the corporate service of 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) has arranged for that person to so act.

Part 4 of the Corporate Service Providers Regulations 2025 (G.N. No. S 292/2025) does not apply to a registered corporate service provider who carries on the business of carrying out ACRA transactions with the ACRA Registrar using the electronic transaction system on behalf of another person or for one or more companies as a secretary of each of those companies.

Paragraph (3) does not apply where the registered corporate service provider carries out an ACRA transaction with the ACRA Registrar using the electronic transaction system that concerns any of the following:

In paragraph (4), a reference to carrying out an ACRA transaction with the ACRA Registrar using the electronic transaction system includes carrying out the transaction by other means specified or directed by the ACRA Registrar if the electronic transaction system is unavailable.