§ 370A — Transitional provision for contact address of director or authorised representative of foreign company

370A.—(1) Where a director or authorised representative of a foreign company (who is an individual) maintained an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, that address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act, until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.(2) Where a director or authorised representative of a foreign company (who is an individual) did not maintain an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, the individual’s residential address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act, until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.

(3) An individual’s contact address mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) is deemed, for the purposes of section 372(1)(ca), to be a particular lodged with the Registrar under section 368(1).

(4) Subsection (5) applies to a notice or information required to be lodged or given under section 368(1)(d) or (e), 368A(1), (2)(a), (3) or (4) or 370(4) (as the case may be), relating to a director or authorised representative of a foreign company appointed before the commencement date.

(5) Where the notice or information mentioned in subsection (4) is lodged or given on or after the commencement date, the notice or information must provide the information required under section 368 as in force when the notice or information is lodged or given, despite the director or authorised representative having been appointed before the commencement date.

(6) In this section, “commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 47 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024.[Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]

—(1) Where a director or authorised representative of a foreign company (who is an individual) maintained an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, that address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act, until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.

(2) Where a director or authorised representative of a foreign company (who is an individual) did not maintain an alternate address with the Registrar under this Act immediately before the commencement date, the individual’s residential address is taken to be the individual’s contact address for the purposes of this Act, until notice of a change in the individual’s contact address is lodged under any ACRA administered Act on or after that date.

(3) An individual’s contact address mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) is deemed, for the purposes of section 372(1)(ca), to be a particular lodged with the Registrar under section 368(1).

(4) Subsection (5) applies to a notice or information required to be lodged or given under section 368(1)(d) or (e), 368A(1), (2)(a), (3) or (4) or 370(4) (as the case may be), relating to a director or authorised representative of a foreign company appointed before the commencement date.

(5) Where the notice or information mentioned in subsection (4) is lodged or given on or after the commencement date, the notice or information must provide the information required under section 368 as in force when the notice or information is lodged or given, despite the director or authorised representative having been appointed before the commencement date.

(6) In this section, “commencement date” means the date of commencement of section 47 of the ACRA (Registry and Regulatory Enhancements) Act 2024.[Act 21 of 2024 wef 09/12/2024]