Singapore legislation

Clause 66

of Companies (Amendment) Bill

Clause 66

Amendment of section 405

Section 405 of the Companies Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) If any person uses any name or title or trades or carries on business under any name or title of which “Limited”, “Berhad”, “Company”, “Corporation” or “Incorporated” or any abbreviation, imitation or translation of any of those words is the final word, or in any way holds out that the business is registered or incorporated that person shall, unless at that time the business was duly incorporated under this Act or registered under the Business Registration Act 1973 (Act 36 of 1973), be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or to both.”.