“document” means any application, form, report, certification, notice, confirmation, declaration or other document to be filed or lodged with or submitted to the Registrar or, as the case may be, any certificate, notice or other document to be issued by the Registrar;
“firm” means an unincorporated body of—
- (a) 2 or more individuals;
- (b) one or more individuals and one or more corporations; or
- (c) 2 or more corporations,
who have entered into partnership with one another with a view to carrying on business for profit;
“foreign company” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50);
“foreign firm” means any firm, individual or corporation whose principal place of business is situated outside Singapore;
“general partner” means any partner of a firm who is not a limited partner as defined in this Act;
“individual” means a natural person and includes an administrator, executor, a liquidator, trustee, or nominee of any person, guardian or committee having a direct control or management of any business but does not include a corporation;
“inspector” means a person authorised in writing by the Registrar to be an inspector for the purposes of this Act;
“limited partner”, in relation to a firm, means any partner who, under the terms of the partnership agreement, shall not be liable for the debts or obligations of the firm beyond the amount of his agreed contribution;
“notice of registration” means a notice of registration issued under section 12(2);
“person” includes any corporation, firm, foreign firm and individual;
“prescribed person” means a person, or a person within a class of persons, prescribed by the Minister for the purposes of section 23;
“register” means any register kept under or by virtue of this Act;
