Housing and Development Act 1959 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Functions, Duties, Properties and Officers of Board
14. Use of name, etc., of Board
Feedback & supportThe Board may conduct its operations under its full name or under the acronym HDB.
Board
“Board” means the Housing and Development Board established under section 3;
A person other than the Board must not —
use in connection with a business, trade, profession or occupation;
use as the name, or as part of the name, of any firm, body corporate or institution; or
use in relation to —
services or products; or
the promotion, by any means, of the supply of services or products,the name of the Board or the acronym HDB, or a name or acronym so closely resembling the name of the Board or the acronym HDB, as to be likely to be mistaken for it.
Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.[13B