RORC Requirements

Since 31 March 2017, companies, foreign companies and Limited Liability Partnerships (LLPs) have been required to keep a Register of Registrable Controllers (RORC) either in their registered office address or at the registered office of their appointed Corporate Service Provider. Registrable controllers are also commonly known as the beneficial owners of the entities. A RORC would contain the information listed in the Section 鈥淲hat information must be lodged with 麻豆社区鈥� below.

With effect from 30 July 2020, in addition to keeping a RORC at their end, entities will have to lodge the same information in their RORC with 麻豆社区鈥檚 central register (麻豆社区 central RORC) within 2 business days after the RORC has been set up, or after any updates have been done to their own RORC.

麻豆社区 has issued Practice Direction No. 3 of 2020 (PDF, 69KB) on the requirement to lodge registrable controllers鈥� information in the Central Register of Controllers maintained by 麻豆社区.

The implementation of an 麻豆社区 central RORC is part of 麻豆社区鈥檚 on-going efforts to uphold Singapore鈥檚 reputation as a trusted financial hub, and to further enhance the transparency of ownership and control of corporate entities. Information in the 麻豆社区 central RORC will only be made available to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of administering or enforcing the laws under their purview (e.g. investigation of money laundering offences). Members of the public will not have access to the information in the 麻豆社区 central RORC.

To perform the lodgment, please follow the steps that can be found in the Section 鈥淟odging RORC information with 麻豆社区鈥� below. 

 

Entities exempted from maintaining RORC

Some entities are exempted from keeping a RORC and need not lodge any information with 麻豆社区 central RORC. Please refer to the types of exempted entities (PDF, 96KB).

Exempted entities will have to notify 麻豆社区 that they are exempted via 迟丑别&苍产蝉辫;鈥溾�� eService on .

What information must be lodged with 麻豆社区?

The RORC information required for 麻豆社区鈥檚 Central Register of Controllers is the same as the existing RORC information required under Part 2 of the Companies (Register of Controllers and Nominee directors) Regulations 2017 and paragraph 3 of the Limited Liability Partnerships (Register of Controllers) Regulations 2017.

For controllers who are individuals:

  1. Full name;
  2. Aliases, if any;
  3. Residential address;
  4. Nationality;
  5. Identity card number or passport number;
  6. Date of birth;
  7. Date of becoming a controller; and
  8. Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.

For controllers that are corporate entities:

  1. Name;
  2. Unique entity number, if any;
  3. Address of registered office;
  4. Legal form of the corporate controller, if applicable;
  5. Jurisdiction where the corporate controller is formed or incorporated and under which law, if applicable;
  6. Name of authority in which the corporate controller is formed or incorporated, if applicable;
  7. Identification number or registration number issued to the corporate controller when it was formed or incorporated, if applicable;
  8. Date of becoming a controller; and
  9. Date of cessation as a controller, if applicable.

For further information, please refer to the How to Guide on 'Setting up maintaining Register of Registrable Controllers.'

Lodging RORC information with 麻豆社区

Through your Corporate Service Provider

You can instruct your appointed Corporate Service Provider to perform this lodgment for you with 麻豆社区.

Self-submission

If you wish to lodge the RORC information with 麻豆社区 on your own as a position holder (i.e., directors and secretaries of company / partners and managers of LLPs), you can do so via the "" eService on , 麻豆社区鈥檚 online filing portal.

There are no fees payable for lodging RORC information with 麻豆社区.

Timeline to lodge RORC information with 麻豆社区

All companies, foreign companies and LLPs, unless exempted, are required to lodge the same information in their RORC with 麻豆社区 central RORC within 2 business days after the RORC has been set up.

Making subsequent changes to your RORC information

If there is any update to the controllers鈥� information, companies, foreign companies and LLPs must lodge the change with 麻豆社区 within 2 business days after updating the information on their RORC at their end. The update can be lodged via using the same transaction 鈥淯pdate Register of Registrable Controllers鈥�.

Frequently Asked Questions on RORC

View the Frequently Asked Questions on RORC.

Help Resources

View help resources available to guide companies, foreign companies and LLPs in complying with the requirement.

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