Requirement of secretary
89.  For the purposes of section 171(1AA)(b) of the Act, the requirements relating to experience, professional and academic requirements and membership of professional associations that a secretary of a public company must satisfy are any of the following:
(a)the person has, for at least 3 years in the period of 5 years immediately preceding his appointment as secretary, held the office of secretary of any company;
(b)the person is a qualified person under the Legal Profession Act 1966;
[S 369/2023 wef 31/12/2021]
(c)the person is a public accountant;
(d)the person is a member of the Institute of Singapore Chartered Accountants;
(e)the person is a member of the Chartered Secretaries Institute of Singapore;
[S 327/2016 wef 08/02/2016]
(f)the person is a member of the Association of International Accountants (Singapore Branch);
(g)the person is a member of the Institute of Company Accountants, Singapore.
[S 379/2015 wef 01/07/2015]