Clause 4

by deleting subsection (4) and substituting the following subsection:“(4) Notwithstanding anything in this section, where the Registrar is satisfied that a person has been registered (whether through inadvertence or otherwise, whether originally or by a change of name and whether before, on or after the date of commencement of the Business Registration (Amendment) Act 2008) to carry on business under a name —

which is referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b) or (d);

which so nearly resembles the name of any corporation or any other business name as to be likely to be mistaken for it; or

the use of which has been restrained by an injunction granted under the Trade Marks Act (Cap. 332),the Registrar may direct the person to change the name under which he carries on business, and the person shall comply with the direction within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Registrar may allow, unless the direction is annulled by the Minister.”;

by deleting the words “subsection (4)(a) or (b)” in subsection (5) and substituting the words “subsection (4)”;

by inserting, immediately after subsection (9), the following subsection:“(9A) For the avoidance of doubt, where the Registrar makes a decision under subsection (4) or the Minister makes a decision under subsection (9), he shall accept as correct any decision of the High Court to grant an injunction referred to in subsection (4)(c).”; and

by deleting subsection (10) and substituting the following subsection:“(10) The Minister may make regulations for the purposes of determining the matters referred to in subsections (1) to (4).”.