PART 3 GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR FILING OR
LODGMENT OF DOCUMENTS |
[S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] | Time for filing or lodging documents |
| 7. Where a form or document is required under the VCC Act or these Regulations to be filed or lodged with the Official Receiver or the Registrar but the period of time within which that form or document is to be filed or lodged is not prescribed, that form or document must be filed or lodged within 14 days after the occurrence of the event to which the form or document relates. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| Certified translations of documents |
8.—(1) For the purposes of section 397 of the Companies Act 1967 (as applied by section 158 of the VCC Act), “certified translation”, in relation to an instrument, a certificate, a contract or a document, or a certified copy of an instrument, a certificate, a contract or a document, that is required to be lodged by a VCC with the Official Receiver or the Registrar, means a translation that —| (a) | in the case of a translation made outside Singapore —| (i) | is certified by an official to whom the custody of the original instrument, certificate, contract or document is committed, being an official holding or purporting to hold an office corresponding to that of the Official Receiver or the Registrar (as the case may be) in the place in which the corporation is formed or incorporated; [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] | | (ii) | is certified by a notary public or a translator duly admitted and sworn in accordance with the law of the place in which the VCC is formed or incorporated; or | | (iii) | is certified by a Singapore consular officer in the place in which the VCC is formed or incorporated; or |
| | (b) | in the case of a translation made within Singapore, is certified by a person approved by the Official Receiver or the Registrar (as the case may be) to be a correct translation in the English language. [S 302/2025 wef 31/12/2021] [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| (2) The Official Receiver or the Registrar (as the case may be) may, before accepting a translation for lodgment, require the person lodging the translation to furnish to the Official Receiver or the Registrar (as the case may be) any evidence that the Official Receiver or the Registrar (as the case may be) thinks sufficient of the ability of the person by whom the translation is made to make the translation. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| (3) In this regulation, “Singapore consular officer” means a Consul or a person performing consular functions on behalf of the Government. |
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| Affidavit and statutory declaration |
| 9.—(1) Except as otherwise provided in the VCC Act, any subsidiary legislation made under the VCC Act (including these Regulations) or any form, an affidavit or statutory declaration sworn or declared on behalf of a corporation for the purpose of any of those written laws on behalf of a VCC must be sworn or declared by a director or the secretary of the corporation. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] | (2) Where an affidavit or a statutory declaration prescribed by the VCC Act or any subsidiary legislation made under the VCC Act (including these Regulations) purports to be sworn or declared at a place outside Singapore, the affidavit or statutory declaration is sufficient for the purposes of any of those written laws if it purports to be sworn or declared in accordance with the requirements of the law of that place. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
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| When filing or lodgment of documents with Registrar deemed filed or lodged with Official Receiver |
| 10. A document filed or lodged with, or delivered to, the Registrar in accordance with section 81(1) or (2), 83(1)(c)(i), 85(1)(a), 132(1) and (2)(a), 141(3), 148(3) or (6), 149(6), 165(7), 180(3) or (8), 186(4), 191(1) or (3), 208(2) or 211(5) of the IRDA (as applied by section 33(2), 125(1) or 130(1) of the VCC Act, as the case may be) is deemed to have been also filed or lodged with, or delivered to, the Official Receiver upon payment of the prescribed fees (if any) for both the filings or lodgments. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| Filing or lodgment of order of Court |
| 10A. Subject to regulation 10, a copy of an order of the Court to be filed or lodged with the Official Receiver or the Registrar under the VCC Act must, unless expressly provided in the applicable form, be filed or lodged in the form on the electronic filing system mentioned in regulation 2E or the electronic transaction system (as the case may be) that relates to the general filing or lodgment of orders of the Court. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| Prescribed form to notify error in document under section 12C(1) of Companies Act 1967 as applied by section 11 of VCC Act |
| 10B. For the purpose of section 12C(1) of the Companies Act 1967 (as applied by section 11 of the VCC Act), the “prescribed form” is the form titled “Notice of Error” set out on the electronic transaction system. [S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| Documents for registration of VCCs |
11.—(1) For the purposes of section 16(2)(a) of the VCC Act, the prescribed documents are —| (a) | a duly completed application form in the applicable form; and | | (b) | a statement in the applicable form as to the compliance by each person to be appointed as a director of the VCC with the factors prescribed under section 53(3) of the VCC Act. |
(2) For the purposes of section 16(2)(d) of the VCC Act, the prescribed information is —| (a) | the name of the proposed VCC; | | (b) | the business activities to be carried on by the proposed VCC; | | (c) | whether the proposed VCC has obtained the approval of any public authority that is required for —| (i) | the carrying on of any business activity it proposes to carry on; or | | (ii) | the use of certain word or words in the name of the proposed VCC; |
| | (d) | whether the proposed VCC is an umbrella VCC; | | (e) | the period of —| (i) | the first financial year of the proposed VCC; and | | (ii) | every subsequent financial year of the proposed VCC; |
| | (f) | the address of the proposed VCC’s registered office in Singapore; | | (g) | the working days and hours of the proposed VCC; | | (h) | the following particulars of each subscriber to the constitution of the proposed VCC:| (i) | the subscriber’s name; | | (ii) | where the subscriber is an individual — the subscriber’s identity card number, work pass number or passport number; | | (iii) | where the subscriber is not an individual — the subscriber’s unique entity number; | | (iv) | the subscriber’s email address; |
| | (i) | the following particulars of each person to be appointed as a director of the proposed VCC:| (i) | the person’s identity card number, work pass number or passport number; | | (ii) | the person’s nationality; | | (iii) | the person’s date of birth; | | (iv) | the person’s residential address; | | (v) | the person’s alternate address, if applicable; | | (vi) | the person’s contact number and email address; | | (vii) | whether the person is a director or qualified representative of another person who is to be appointed as the manager of the proposed VCC; |
| | (j) | the following particulars of each person to be appointed as a secretary of the proposed VCC:| (i) | the person’s name; | | (ii) | the person’s identity card number, work pass number or passport number; | | (iii) | the person’s nationality; | | (iv) | the person’s date of birth; | | (v) | the person’s residential address; | | (vi) | the person’s alternate address, if applicable; | | (vii) | the person’s contact number and email address; |
| | (k) | the following particulars of the person to be appointed as the auditor of the proposed VCC:| (i) | the person’s name; | | (ii) | the person’s unique entity number; | | (iii) | the address of the person’s registered office, or principal place of business, in Singapore; | | (iv) | the person’s contact number and email address; |
| | (l) | the following particulars of the person to be appointed as the manager of the proposed VCC:| (i) | the person’s unique entity number; | | (ii) | the address of the person’s registered office, or principal place of business, in Singapore; |
| | (m) | a confirmation that each person to be appointed as a director of the VCC —| (i) | has consented to act as a director of the VCC; | | (ii) | is not disqualified from acting as director of the VCC; and | | (iii) | has filed with the Registrar a statement mentioned in section 49(b) of the VCC Act in accordance with that provision; |
| | (n) | a confirmation that each person to be appointed as a secretary of the VCC has consented to act as a secretary of the VCC; and | | (o) | a confirmation that the person to be appointed as the manager of the VCC —| (i) | has consented to act as the manager of the VCC; and | | (ii) | is a person mentioned in section 46(2) of the VCC Act. |
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| (3) The confirmation mentioned in paragraph (2)(m), (n) and (o) must be lodged with the Registrar in the applicable form. |
| (4) Where a registered corporate service provider is engaged to make an application to register a VCC, the information mentioned in paragraph (2) may be provided by the registered corporate service provider. [S 302/2025 wef 09/06/2025] |
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| Documents for registration of sub‑funds |
| 12. An application by an umbrella VCC for the registration of its sub‑fund must be made in the applicable form. |
13. For the purposes of section 97(3) of the VCC Act, a return to be lodged by a VCC as mentioned in section 97(1) of the VCC Act —| (a) | must be in the applicable form; | | (b) | must contain the following particulars and information:| (i) | whether the VCC is an umbrella VCC; | | (ii) | the name of the VCC and each of its sub‑funds, if any; | | (iii) | the unique entity number of the VCC and each of its sub-funds, if any; | | (iv) | the address of the registered office of the VCC; | | (v) | the investment strategy of the VCC and each of its sub‑funds, if any; | | (vi) | the name of the manager of the VCC; | | (vii) | the following particulars of each director of the VCC:| (A) | the director’s name; | | (B) | the director’s identity card number, work pass number or passport number; | | (C) | the director’s nationality; | | (D) | the director’s date of appointment or re‑appointment, as the case may be; and |
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| | (c) | must be accompanied by the following documents which concern the financial year of the VCC in respect of which the return is lodged and are prepared in accordance with Part 8 of the VCC Act: | (i) | the statement of directors of the VCC; | | (ii) | the financial statements of the VCC; | | (iii) | the report of the VCC’s auditor on the financial statements mentioned in sub‑paragraph (ii). |
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| Satisfaction and release of property from charge |
| 14.—(1) For the purposes of section 136(1) of the Companies Act 1967 (as applied by section 42 of the VCC Act), a statement of satisfaction in whole or in part of the debt for which a charge was given by a VCC, or of the fact that the property or undertaking or any part of the property or undertaking has been released from a registered charge or has ceased to form part of the property or undertaking of the VCC or its sub‑fund (as the case may be), must be lodged in the applicable form. [S 302/2025 wef 31/12/2021] (2) The statement mentioned in paragraph (1) must be endorsed by a statement by the chargee of the registered charge, as mentioned in section 136(2) of the Companies Act 1967 (as applied by section 42 of the VCC Act) —| (a) | before the firstmentioned statement is lodged with the Registrar; or | | (b) | within 3 days after the lodgment of the firstmentioned statement with the Registrar. [S 302/2025 wef 31/12/2021] |
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15.—(1) A VCC may lodge the applicable form with the Registrar to report any variation of the particulars mentioned in paragraph (2) in respect of a charge that is registered under —| (a) | section 131 of the Companies Act 1967 (as applied by section 42 of the VCC Act); or [S 302/2025 wef 31/12/2021] | | (b) | section 43 of the VCC Act. |
(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the particulars are —| (a) | the particulars of the chargee; and | | (b) | an increase in the charged amount. |
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| 16. [Deleted by S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| 17. [Deleted by S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
| 18. [Deleted by S 173/2026 wef 01/04/2026] |
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