“register” means the register kept under this Act;
“registered” means registered under this Act;
“registered business name” means the business name in respect of which a person is registered under section 8;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Business Names appointed under section 3(2) and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Business Names appointed under that section;
“residential address”, in relation to an individual, means the individual’s usual place of residence.
(2) A person who has a place of business in Singapore is to be treated as carrying on business in Singapore for the purposes of this Act.
(3) Despite subsection (2), a foreign company is not to be treated as carrying on business in Singapore for the reason only that in Singapore it—
- (a) is or becomes a party to any action or suit or any administrative or arbitration proceeding, or effects settlement of an action, a suit or a proceeding or of any claim or dispute;
- (b) holds meetings of its directors or shareholders or carries on other activities concerning its internal affairs;
- (c) maintains any bank account;
- (d) effects any sale through an independent contractor;
- (e) solicits or procures any order which becomes a binding contract only if such order is accepted outside Singapore;
- (f) creates evidence of any debt or creates a charge on movable or immovable property;
- (g) secures or collects any of its debts or enforces its rights in regard to any securities relating to such debts;
