Singapore legislation
Clause 22
Clause 22
Names of companies
(1)
Except with the consent of the Minister, a company shall not be registered by a name that, in the opinion of the Registrar, is undesirable or is a name, or a name of a kind, that the Minister has directed the Registrar not to accept for registration.[U.K.s. 17.][Aust. s. 22.]
(2)
The Minister shall cause a direction given by him under subsection (1) of this section to be published in the Gazette.
(3)
A limited company shall have either “Berhad” or “Limited” or “Ltd.” as part of and at the end of its name.
(4)
A private company shall have the word “sendirian” or “private” as part of its name, inserted immediately before the word “Berhad” or “Limited” or “Ltd.” respectively or in the case of an unlimited company, at the end of its name.
(5)
A person may apply in the prescribed form to the Registrar for the reservation of a name set out in the application as —
the name of an intended company;
the name to which a company proposes to change its name; or
the name under which a foreign company proposes to be registered, either originally or on change of name.
(6)
If the Registrar is satisfied as to the bona fides of the application and that the proposed name is a name by which the intended company, company or foreign company could be registered without contravention of subsection (1) of this section, he shall reserve the proposed name for a period of two months from the date of the lodging of the application.
(7)
If, at any time during a period for which a name is reserved, application is made to the Registrar for an extension of that period and the Registrar is satisfied as to the bona fides of the application, he may extend that period for a further period of two months.
(8)
During a period for which a name is reserved, no company or foreign company (other than the intended company, company or foreign company in respect of which the name is reserved) shall be registered under this Act, whether originally or on change of name, under the reserved name or under any other name that, in the opinion of the Registrar, so closely resembles the reserved name as to be likely to be mistaken for that name.
(9)
The reservation of a name under this section in respect of an intended company, company or foreign company does not in itself entitle the intended company, company or foreign company to be registered by that name, either originally or on change of name.