on Recognition of Company Secretary in Singapore

[Kirti Balakrishnan]

Hello everyone,

I have a small query. I would like to know the procedure for having the recognition as Company Secretary in Singapore. Whether the ICSA, U.K membership is sufficient to start working as CS in Singapore?

Request the Members to kindly throw some light on the procedure involved in getting the membership in Singapore to work as a CS there.

Regards,
Kirti

[CS. Dattatri]

Dear Kirti,

 

Q. Does a Singapore Company have to appoint a Company Secretary?
A.  Each Singapore company is required to have a professionally qualified company secretary. The company secretary must be a local person in Singapore.

Q. What are the duties of a Company Secretary in Singapore?  
A. A company secretary assists with ongoing statutory company matters of the company. Examples include:

• Change of directors, shareholders, etc.
• Maintaining the register of directors and shareholders
• Issuing share certificates and recording transfers of shares
• Maintaining the register of members and debenture holders
• Preparation and submission of the Annual Returns
• Filing of documents and changes with corporate regulatory body

Q. What is included in the annual fee for your Company Secretary service?
A. Our annual fee for acting as the company secretary includes the following:

• Providing one qualified person as Secretary of your company as required by Section 171(1A) of the Companies Act.
• Attending to routine secretarial matters of the company such as first board meeting, annual general meeting, affixation of common seal, providing company biz profile records.
• Safekeeping, updating, and maintaining registers, minutes book, and other statutory records.
• Reminding you of the various statutory compliance dates

Q. What kind of secretarial services will be chargeable?
A. Secretarial matters of non-routine nature will be chargeable on a per request basis. Examples include:

• Increase of paid-up capital

• Change of shareholding

• Change of M&A

• Change of directors

• Opening of additional bank accounts

• Change of registered address

Visit for more details: http://www.saicsa.org.sg/english/

Dattatri

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From: csmy...@googlegroups.com [mailto:csmy...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kirti Balakrishnan
Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 7:15 PM
To: csmy...@googlegroups.com
Subject: [CSMysore] on Recognition of Company Secretary in Singapore

[kumar basant]

Is there any arrangement between government or institute of both
countries, so that an indian citizen can practice in singapore.

On 3/16/09, CS. Dattatri <datta...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Kirti,
>
>
>
> Q. Does a Singapore Company have to appoint a Company Secretary?
> A. Each Singapore company is required to have a professionally qualified
> company secretary. The company secretary must be a local person in
> Singapore.
>
> Q. What are the duties of a Company Secretary in Singapore?
> A. A company secretary assists with ongoing statutory company matters of the
> company. Examples include:
>

> * Change of directors, shareholders, etc.
>
> * Maintaining the register of directors and shareholders
>
> * Issuing share certificates and recording transfers of shares
>
> * Maintaining the register of members and debenture holders
>
> * Preparation and submission of the Annual Returns
>
> * Filing of documents and changes with corporate regulatory body

>
> Q. What is included in the annual fee for your Company Secretary service?
> A. Our annual fee for acting as the company secretary includes the
> following:
>

> * Providing one qualified person as Secretary of your company as

> required by Section 171(1A) of the Companies Act.
>

> * Attending to routine secretarial matters of the company such as

> first board meeting, annual general meeting, affixation of common seal,
> providing company biz profile records.
>

> * Safekeeping, updating, and maintaining registers, minutes book, and
> other statutory records.
>
> * Reminding you of the various statutory compliance dates

>
> Q. What kind of secretarial services will be chargeable?
> A. Secretarial matters of non-routine nature will be chargeable on a per
> request basis. Examples include:
>

> *
> Increase of paid-up capital
>
> *
> Change of shareholding
>
> *
> Change of M&A
>
> *
> Change of directors
>
> *

> Opening of additional bank accounts
>

> *

> Change of registered address
>
> Visit for more details: <http://www.saicsa.org.sg/english/>

> http://www.saicsa.org.sg/english/
>
> Dattatri
>
> _____

>
> From: csmy...@googlegroups.com [mailto:csmy...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Kirti Balakrishnan
> Sent: Thursday, 12 March, 2009 7:15 PM
> To: csmy...@googlegroups.com
> Subject: [CSMysore] on Recognition of Company Secretary in Singapore
>
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> I have a small query. I would like to know the procedure for having the
> recognition as Company Secretary in Singapore. Whether the ICSA, U.K
> membership is sufficient to start working as CS in Singapore?
>
> Request the Members to kindly throw some light on the procedure involved in
> getting the membership in Singapore to work as a CS there.
>
> Regards,
> Kirti
>
>
>
>
>
> >
>

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Regards,

CS Kumar Basant Bhagirathi
Company Secretary
Inbev India International Pvt. Ltd.
(RJ Corp. Gurgaon)

[Kirti Balakrishnan]

Hi Dattatri,

Thank you soo much for the input. And i did go through this website for some insight into the process for the Company Secretary in Singapore. I have even mailed them with my query for the same, but i have not received any reply as yet from them.

After having gone through the website http://www.saicsa.org.sg/english i was not able to get the exact procedure on how to get an enrollment for the course [since i am an indian citizen]. If you compare the ICSA of U. K, ICSI has an MOU with ICSA U.K for the same. i would like to know as Mr. Kumar Basant has rightly pointed if there is any arrangement/ MOU between government or institute of both countries, so that  an indian citizen can practice/ be in employment as CS in singapore?

Or is there any other way that a candidate can get exemption partly from the SAICSA like the ICSI members have exemption for the ICSA U.K.

Please let me know if there is any other way to practice as CS in Singapore.

Memebers view are most welcome

Regards,
Kirti