DIRECTORS’ DUTIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT KEY LESSONS FROM PUBLIC PROSECUTOR (“PP”) V ZHENG JIA [2025] SGHC 76

INTRODUCTION

A director must at all time act honestly and use reasonable diligence in the discharge of his or her duties. A breach of Section 157(1) of the Companies Act 1967 (“CA”) is a criminal offence.

In PP v Zheng Jia [2025] SGHC 76, a three-Judge coram of the High Court set out a revised sentencing framework where a corporate secretarial services provider, providing nominee director services, breaches their duty to act with reasonable diligence.

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