Companies Act of Singapore
E411352
The Companies Act of Singapore is the primary legislation governing the incorporation, regulation, and dissolution of companies in Singapore, setting out the rights and obligations of companies, directors, and shareholders.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Companies Act of Singapore canonical | 1 |
| Singapore Companies Act | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4054720 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companies Act of Singapore Context triple: [Singapore law, hasCompanyStatute, Companies Act of Singapore]
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A.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
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B.
Singapore law
Singapore law is the legal system of Singapore, developed from its English common law roots into a distinct, modern framework governing civil, criminal, and administrative matters in the country.
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C.
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of Singapore’s government and guarantees key rights for its citizens.
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D.
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999
The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 is an Australian statute that implemented major reforms to corporate regulation and governance as part of a broader program to modernize and streamline the country’s corporate law framework.
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E.
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 is a key New Zealand law that converted many government departments into commercially run state-owned enterprises while embedding protections for Māori interests consistent with the Treaty of Waitangi.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Companies Act of Singapore Target entity description: The Companies Act of Singapore is the primary legislation governing the incorporation, regulation, and dissolution of companies in Singapore, setting out the rights and obligations of companies, directors, and shareholders.
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A.
Corporations Act 2001
The Corporations Act 2001 is Australia’s primary federal law governing companies, financial markets, and corporate regulation, including the powers and responsibilities of key regulators.
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B.
Singapore law
Singapore law is the legal system of Singapore, developed from its English common law roots into a distinct, modern framework governing civil, criminal, and administrative matters in the country.
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C.
Constitution of the Republic of Singapore
The Constitution of the Republic of Singapore is the supreme law that establishes the structure, powers, and fundamental principles of Singapore’s government and guarantees key rights for its citizens.
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D.
Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999
The Corporate Law Economic Reform Program Act 1999 is an Australian statute that implemented major reforms to corporate regulation and governance as part of a broader program to modernize and streamline the country’s corporate law framework.
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E.
State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986
The State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986 is a key New Zealand law that converted many government departments into commercially run state-owned enterprises while embedding protections for Māori interests consistent with the Treaty of Waitangi.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Act of Parliament
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company law statute ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority of Singapore ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
both locally incorporated and foreign companies operating in Singapore
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companies limited by guarantee in Singapore ⓘ foreign companies registered in Singapore ⓘ private companies limited by shares in Singapore ⓘ public companies limited by shares in Singapore ⓘ unlimited companies in Singapore ⓘ |
| country | Singapore ⓘ |
| governs |
audits of Singapore companies
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company secretaries of Singapore companies ⓘ dissolution of companies in Singapore ⓘ distributions and dividends of Singapore companies ⓘ duties of directors of Singapore companies ⓘ financial reporting by Singapore companies ⓘ incorporation of companies in Singapore ⓘ meetings of directors of Singapore companies ⓘ meetings of shareholders of Singapore companies ⓘ regulation of companies in Singapore ⓘ rights of shareholders in Singapore companies ⓘ schemes of arrangement of Singapore companies ⓘ share capital of Singapore companies ⓘ winding up of Singapore companies ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Singapore ⓘ |
| legalArea |
commercial law
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corporate law ⓘ |
| purpose |
to promote good corporate governance in Singapore
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to protect shareholders and creditors of Singapore companies ⓘ to provide a legal framework for companies in Singapore ⓘ |
| setsOut |
directors’ duty of care, skill and diligence in Singapore
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directors’ fiduciary duties in Singapore ⓘ offences and penalties relating to company administration in Singapore ⓘ requirements for annual general meetings of Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for appointment of directors in Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for company constitutions in Singapore ⓘ requirements for filing annual returns of Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for financial statements of Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for incorporation of a company in Singapore ⓘ requirements for keeping registers of directors in Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for keeping registers of members in Singapore companies ⓘ requirements for removal of directors in Singapore companies ⓘ rules on maintenance of capital in Singapore companies ⓘ rules on reduction of share capital in Singapore companies ⓘ rules on related party transactions in Singapore companies ⓘ rules on share buybacks in Singapore companies ⓘ rules on share issues and allotments in Singapore companies ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Companies Act of Singapore Description of subject: The Companies Act of Singapore is the primary legislation governing the incorporation, regulation, and dissolution of companies in Singapore, setting out the rights and obligations of companies, directors, and shareholders.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Singapore Companies Act