Business Names Registration Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration
22. Cessation of business
Feedback & supportWhere a registered person stops carrying on business in Singapore under a registered business name, the registered person must, within 14 days after so stopping, lodge with the Registrar a notice that he or she has stopped carrying on business under that registered business name.
The Registrar may, if the Registrar thinks fit, allow a registered person to lodge with the Registrar a notice notifying the Registrar in advance that the registered person intends to stop carrying on business under a registered business name on the date specified in the notice.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Business Names appointed under section 3(2) and includes any Deputy Registrar or Assistant Registrar of Business Names appointed under that section;
Any registered person who fails to comply with subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
On receipt of the notice under subsection (1) or on the date specified in the notice under subsection (2) (as the case may be), the registration of the person and the person’s business name to which the notice relates ceases.
business name
“business name” means the name under which a person carries on business;