No. S 633
Companies Act
(CHAPTER 50)
Companies
(Filing of Documents)
(Amendment) Regulations 2020
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 411 of the Companies Act, the Minister for Finance makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
1.  These Regulations are the Companies (Filing of Documents) (Amendment) Regulations 2020 and come into operation on 30 July 2020.
Amendment of regulation 8
2.  Regulation 8 of the Companies (Filing of Documents) Regulations (Rg 7) (called in these Regulations the principal Regulations) is amended by deleting paragraphs (3), (4) and (5).
Deletion of regulation 11
3.  Regulation 11 of the principal Regulations is deleted.
Amendment of regulation 14
4.  Regulation 14 of the principal Regulations is amended by deleting paragraph (3).
Deletion of regulation 15
5.  Regulation 15 of the principal Regulations is deleted.
Deletion of Part VI
6.  Part VI of the principal Regulations is deleted.
Saving and transitional provisions
7.—(1)  Despite regulation 2 —
(a)regulation 8(3) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to a company that is placed under judicial management pursuant to an application made before that date under section 227B(1) of the Act;
(b)regulation 8(4) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to —
(i)a company in respect of which property a receiver or manager is appointed before that date; or
(ii)a company that is placed under judicial management pursuant to an application made before that date under section 227B(1) of the Act; and
(c)regulation 8(5) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to —
(i)a company in respect of which a winding up order under section 216(2)(f) of the Act was made before that date;
(ii)a company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 253 of the Act;
(iii)an unregistered company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 351 of the Act;
(iv)a foreign company that is wound up pursuant to a notice of commencement of liquidation or dissolution proceedings in its place of incorporation or origin that was lodged under section 377(2)(a) of the Act before that date; or
(v)a corporation that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for recognition of a foreign proceeding under Article 15(1) of the Tenth Schedule to the Act.
(2)  Despite regulation 3 —
(a)regulation 11(a) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to a company in respect of which property a receiver or manager is appointed before that date; and
(b)regulation 11(b) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to —
(i)a company in respect of which a winding up order under section 216(2)(f) of the Act was made before that date;
(ii)a company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 253 of the Act;
(iii)an unregistered company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 351 of the Act;
(iv)a foreign company that is wound up pursuant to a notice of commencement of liquidation or dissolution proceedings in its place of incorporation or origin that was lodged under section 377(2)(a) of the Act before that date; or
(v)a corporation that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for recognition of a foreign proceeding under Article 15(1) of the Tenth Schedule to the Act.
(3)  Despite regulation 4, regulation 14(3) of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to a company in respect of which property, or a corporation in respect of which property in Singapore, a receiver or manager is appointed before that date.
(4)  Despite regulation 5, regulation 15 of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to —
(a)a company in respect of which a winding up order under section 216(2)(f) of the Act was made before that date;
(b)a company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 253 of the Act;
(c)a company in respect of which voluntary winding up was commenced within the meaning of section 291(6) of the Act before that date;
(d)an unregistered company that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for winding up under section 351 of the Act;
(e)a foreign company that is wound up pursuant to a notice of commencement of liquidation or dissolution proceedings in its place of incorporation or origin that was lodged under section 377(2)(a) of the Act before that date; or
(f)a corporation that is wound up pursuant to an application made before that date for recognition of a foreign proceeding under Article 15(1) of the Tenth Schedule to the Act.
(5)  Despite regulation 6, Part VI of the principal Regulations as in force immediately before 30 July 2020 continues to apply to or in relation to a company in respect of which an application is made before that date for a judicial management order under section 227B(1) of the Act.
[G.N. Nos. S 862/2005; S 54/2006; S 603/2007; S 399/2013; S 281/2015; S 380/2015; S 832/2015; S 117/2017; S 513/2018]
Made on 23 June 2020.
TAN CHING YEE
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance,
Singapore.
[F14.1.35.V2; LAW 06/011/004; AG/LEGIS/SL/50/2015/4 Vol. 2]
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