Singapore legislation
Clause 99
Clause 99
Prohibition of the use of the word “Co-operative”
(1)
No person other than a society shall trade or carry on business under a name or title of which the word “Co-operative” or its equivalent in another language is part, without the sanction of the Registrar, except that nothing in this section shall apply to the use by any person or his successor in interest of a name or title under which he traded or carried on business at the date of the commencement of this Act.
(2)
Every person who contravenes the provision of subsection (1) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five hundred dollars and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine of fifty dollars for each day during which the offence is continued after conviction.