Lodgment and signature of annual returns
11.—(1)  Any document to be lodged by a registered insurer under regulation 4, 6, 7 or 8 shall be lodged by sending to the Authority —
(a)in the case of an actuary’s report lodged under regulation 6(1)(c), (2)(b) or (3) or 7(1), one original copy of the document; or
(b)in any other case, the original and 2 copies of the document.
(2)  The original document lodged by a registered insurer under paragraph (1)(b) shall bear —
(a)in the case of any document lodged under regulation 4, 6(1)(b)(i) or 8, the signatures of —
(i)2 directors of the insurer; and
(ii)the principal officer of the insurer or an officer signing on behalf of the principal officer; or
(b)in the case of any document lodged under regulation 6(1)(a), (1)(b)(ii), (2)(a) or (4) or 7(2), the signature of the actuary.
(3)  The persons signing any fund balance sheet under regulation 4 or any of the documents lodged under regulation 8 shall lodge a certificate in Form 24.
(4)  Where, by these Regulations, a document is required to be signed by or on behalf of a registered insurer’s principal officer in Singapore, it shall, if not signed by that officer, be signed by one of the insurer’s officers in Singapore who is for the time being notified to the Authority as having authority for the purposes of this regulation to sign in place of the principal officer in Singapore.
(5)  A document to be lodged by a registered insurer shall be in English, and shall be printed or, with the permission of the Authority, produced by other mechanical means approved by it.
(6)  This regulation shall not apply to any document in the form of an electronic record required to be lodged under regulation 13.