Modernising Company Law: The Singapore Experience

• Main Authors: LEE, Pey Woan, CHEN, Christopher C. H.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: company law; Companies Act; Singapore; reform; Audit Exemption; Online Register; One Share One Vote; Asian Studies; Business Organizations Law; Commercial Law
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/1559; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/3511/viewcontent/ModernisingCompanyLawSingapore_2016_afv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In October 2014, the Singapore Parliament passed the Companies (Amendment) Act 2014 (Singapore). Encompassing the most comprehensive revision of corporate legislation in the history of Singapore, this Act has been implemented in two phases. This article will consider the impetus for as well as the s...