Business Names Registration Act 2014 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Registration
23. Cancellation of registration
Feedback & supportWhere the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any registered person is not carrying on business in Singapore in respect of a registered business name, the Registrar may give that person a notice in writing stating —
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;
that the Registrar proposes to cancel the registration of the person and the person’s business name; and
that any objection to the proposed cancellation must be in writing and delivered to the Registrar by a date specified in the notice, being a date at least 30 days after the date of the notice.
If the Registrar —
receives an answer from the person referred to in subsection (1) to the effect that the person is not carrying on business under the registered business name; or
does not, within 30 days after sending the notice referred to in subsection (1), receive a written objection to the proposed cancellation from the person referred to in that subsection,the Registrar may cancel the registration of the person and the business name in question.
Where the registration of a person and the business name in question is cancelled under this section, any certificate or notice pertaining to that registration is also to be taken to be cancelled.
business name
“business name” means the name under which a person carries on business;