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8 “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;