Section 17A

is undesirable;

is identical to the name of any other limited partnership, a limited liability partnership or a corporation, or to a registered business name;

is identical to a name that is reserved under section 17, section 16 of the Business Names Registration Act 2014, section 23(4) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 or section 27(12B), section 27(12B) as applied by section 357(2), or section 378(15) of the Companies Act 1967; or

is a name of a kind that the Minister has directed the Registrar, by notification in the Gazette, not to accept for registration.

it is identical to the name of a limited partnership that was cancelled or dissolved —

unless, in a case where the registration of the limited partnership was cancelled under section 14(1) or 19(4), a period of at least one year has passed after the date of cancellation; or

unless, in a case where notice was lodged with the Registrar that the limited partnership was dissolved under section 19(2), a period of at least one year has passed after the date of dissolution;

it is identical to the business name of a person whose registration and registration of that business name has been cancelled under the Business Names Registration Act 2014 or whose business has ceased under section 22 of that Act, unless a period of at least one year has passed after the date of cancellation or cessation;

it is identical to the name of a company that was dissolved —

unless, in a case where the company was dissolved following its winding up under Part 8 of the Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, a period of at least 2 years has passed after the date of dissolution; or

unless, in a case where the company was dissolved following its name being struck off the register kept under the Companies Act 1967 under section 344 or 344A of that Act, a period of at least 6 years has passed after the date of dissolution;

it is identical to the name of a foreign company notice of the dissolution of which has been given to the Registrar of Companies under section 377(2) of the Companies Act 1967, unless a period of at least 2 years has passed after the date of dissolution; or

it is identical to the name of a limited liability partnership that was dissolved —

unless, in a case where the limited liability partnership was dissolved following its winding up under section 39 of, and the Fifth Schedule to, the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, a period of at least 2 years has passed after the date of dissolution; or

unless, in a case where the limited liability partnership was dissolved following its name being struck off the register under section 63 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005, a period of at least 6 years has passed after the date of dissolution.

a name that is identical to the name of a foreign company registered under Division 2 of Part 11 of the Companies Act 1967 —

in respect of which notice was lodged under section 377(1) of the Companies Act 1967 that the foreign company has ceased to have a place of business in Singapore or ceased to carry on business in Singapore, if a period of at least 3 months has passed after the date of cessation; and (ii)the name of which was struck off the register kept under the Companies Act 1967 under section 377(8), (9) or (10) of that Act, if a period of at least 6 years has passed after the date the name was so struck off; or

a name that is identical to the name of a limited partnership in respect of which notice was lodged under section 19(1) that the limited partnership has ceased to carry on business, if a period of at least one year has passed after the date of cessation.

is one that is not permitted to be registered under subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d);

is one that is not permitted to be registered under subsection (2) until the expiry of the relevant period mentioned in that subsection;

is one that is permitted to be registered under subsection (3) only after the expiry of the relevant period mentioned in that subsection;

so nearly resembles the name of any other limited partnership, any limited liability partnership or corporation or any registered business name, as to be likely to be mistaken for it; or

is one the use of which has been restrained by an injunction granted under the Trade Marks Act 1998,the Registrar may direct any general partner of the limited partnership to change the limited partnership’s name, and that person must comply with the direction within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Registrar may allow in any case.

whether the limited partnership’s name was registered through inadvertence or otherwise; or

when the limited partnership was registered in respect of the name.

a direction of the Registrar under subsection (4); or

the Registrar’s refusal to give a direction to a person under subsection (4) following an application under subsection (6),may, within 30 days after being informed of the Registrar’s direction or refusal (as the case may be) appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.