Singapore legislation
Section 132
Section 132
Name of law firm
(1)
The Director of Legal Services must not approve the name or proposed name of a law firm if in his or her opinion that name or proposed name fails to satisfy such criteria as may be prescribed by rules made under section 136.
(2)
No name of a law firm may be changed without the prior written approval of the Director of Legal Services.
(3)
Despite anything in this section, where the Director of Legal Services is satisfied that the name of a law firm has been approved (whether through inadvertence or otherwise and whether originally or by change of name) in contravention of subsection (1) —
the Director of Legal Services may direct that the name of the law firm be changed; and
the sole proprietor or partners of the law firm must comply with that direction within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Director of Legal Services may allow.