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... Disqualification under Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 Subject to any permission which the Court may give pursuant to an application under subsection (3), a person who is subject to a disqualification or disqualification order under section 59, 60 or 61 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 must not act as director of, or in any way (whether directly or indirectly) take part in or be concerned in the management of, any company or any foreign company to which Division 2 of Part 11 applies during the period of disqualification or disqualification order. 36/2014 Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022 Any person who contravenes subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. 36/2014 A person who is subject to a disqualification or disqualification order under section 59 or 61 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 may apply to the Court for permission to act as director of, or to take part in or be concerned in the management of, a company or a foreign company to which Division 2 of Part 11 applies during the period of disqualification or disqualification order, upon giving the Minister not less than 14 days' notice of the person's intention to apply for such permission . 36/2014 Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022 On the hearing of any application under subsection (3), the Minister may be represented at the hearing and may oppose the granting of the application. 36/2014 ...

... Disqualification of directors of companies wound up on grounds of national security or interest Subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a company is ordered to be wound up by the Court under section 125(1)( n ) of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 on the ground that it is being used for purposes against national security or interest, the Court may, on the application of the Minister, make an order (called in this section a disqualification order) disqualifying any person who is a director of that company from being a director or in any way, directly or indirectly, being concerned in, or from taking part in, the management of any company or foreign company for a period of 3 years from the date of the making of the winding up order. 40/2018 The Court must not make a disqualification order against any person under subsection (1) unless the Court is satisfied that the person against whom the order is sought has been given not less than 14 days' notice of the Minister's application for the order. The Court must not make a disqualification order against any person under subsection (1) if such person proves to the satisfaction of the Court that — the company had been used for purposes against national security or interest without his or her consent or connivance; and he or she had exercised such diligence to prevent the company from being so used as he or she ought to have exercised having regard to the nature of his or her function in that capacity and to all the circumstances. Any person who acts in contravention of a disqualification order made under subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. In this section, foreign company means a foreign company to which Division 2 of Part 11 applies. ...

... Disqualification of unfit directors of insolvent companies The Court may — on the application of the Minister or the Official Receiver as provided for in subsection (9); and on being satisfied as to the matters referred to in subsection (2), make an order disqualifying a person specified in the order from being a director or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, being concerned in, or taking part in, the management of a company, during such period not exceeding 5 years after the date of the order as is specified in the order (called in this section a disqualification order). The Court must make a disqualification order under subsection (1) if it is satisfied that — the person against whom the order is sought has been given not less than 14 days' notice of the application; and in respect of the person — he or she is or has been a director of a company which has at any time gone into liquidation (whether while he or she was a director or within 3 years of his or her ceasing to be a director) and was insolvent at that time; and his or her conduct as director of that company either taken alone or taken together with his or her conduct as a director of any other company or companies makes him or her unfit to be a director of or in any way, whether directly or indirectly, be concerned in, or take part in, the management of a company. If in the case of a person who is or has been a director of a company which is — being wound up by the Court, it appears to the Official Receiver or to the liquidator (if the...
.... A person who acts as judicial manager, receiver or receiver manager shall not be liable to have a disqualification order made against the person in respect of acts done in the person's capacity as judicial manager, receiver or receiver manager, as the case may be. Any person who acts in contravention of a disqualification order made under this section shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. Nothing in this section prevents a...
... conduct as a director of the company; and to produce and permit inspection of such books, papers and other records relevant to that person's conduct as such a director, as the Minister may reasonably require for the purpose of determining whether to exercise, or of exercising, any of the Minister's functions under this section; and if default is made in complying with that requirement the Court may, on the application of the Minister, make an order requiring that person to make good the default within such time as is specified in the order...

... Disqualification for persistent default in relation to delivery of documents to Registrar Where a person has been persistently in default in relation to relevant requirements of this Act and that person, within a period of 5 years after the person has last been adjudged guilty of any offence or has had made against the person an order under section 13 or 399 in relation to any such relevant requirements of this Act, without the permission of the Court, is a director or promoter of, or is in any way directly or indirectly concerned or takes part in the management of a company, that person shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both. Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022 Any provision of this Act which requires any return, account or other document to be filed with, delivered or sent, or notice of any matter to be given, to the Registrar is a relevant requirement of this Act for the purposes of this section. For the purposes of this section, the fact that a person has been persistently in default in relation to relevant requirements of this Act may, subject to subsection (8), be conclusively proved by showing that, within a period of 5 years, the person has been adjudged guilty of 3 or more offences in relation to any such requirements or has had 3 or more orders made against the person under section 13 or 399 in relation to those requirements. A person is to be treated as being adjudged guilty of 3 or more offences in relation to any such relevant requirements of this Act for the purpose of subsection (3) if the person is convicted of any 3 or more offences by virtue of any contravention of, or failure to comply with, any such requirements (whether on the person's own part or on the part of any company). For the purpose of this section, a conviction for an offence under section 154(2)( a ) is not to be treated as an offence in relation to a relevant requirement of this Act. Where a person has had a third or subsequent order made against the person under section 13 or 399 and by virtue of the operation of this section that person is disqualified from being a director or promoter of or from being in any way directly or indirectly concerned or taking part in the management of a company, nothing in this section is to be construed as preventing that person from complying with the order of the Court and for this purpose that person is deemed to have the same status, powers and duties as that person had at the time the act, matter or thing should have been done. For the purpose of this section, a certificate of the Registrar stating that a person has been adjudged guilty of 3 or more offences or has had made against the person 3 or...