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This regulation sets out the rules for determining whether a name is identical to —

the name of any other limited partnership, a limited liability partnership or a corporation, or to a registered business name, referred to in section 17A(1)(b) of the Act;

a name reserved under any of the provisions referred to in section 17A(1)(c) of the Act;

any name of a limited partnership, business name, name of a company, name of a foreign company or name of a limited liability partnership, referred to in section 17A(2) of the Act; and

any name of a foreign company, or name of a limited partnership, referred to in section 17A(3) of the Act.

Subject to paragraph (4), the following are to be disregarded:

“The”, where it is the first word of a name;

the following words where they appear at the end of a name:

“Berhad” or “Bhd”;

“Limited” or “Ltd”;

“Limited Liability Partnership” or “LLP”;

“Limited Partnership” or “LP”;

“Private” or “Pte”;

“Public Accounting Corporation” or “PAC”;

“Sendirian” or “Sdn”;

the following words or expressions where they appear at the end of a name:

“Asia”;

“Asia Pacific”;

“Associates”;

“company” or “and company”;

“corporation”;

“Group”;

“Holding” or “Holdings”;

“Incorporated”;

“International”;

“Partner” or “Partners”;

“Partnership” or “Partnerships”;

“Singapore”;

“South Asia”;

“South East Asia”;

“Trading”;

“Worldwide”;

“.co”;

“.com”;

“.edu”;

“.gov”;

“.net”;

“.org”;

“.sg”;

any word or expression which, in the opinion of the Registrar, is intended to represent any word or expression in —

sub-paragraph (a) or (b); or

sub-paragraph (c);

the plural version of any name; (f)the type and case of letters, accents, spacing between letters, brackets, parentheses and punctuation marks.

The symbol “&” is to be treated as having the same meaning as the word “and”.

Paragraph (2)(c) and (d)(ii) does not apply if the relevant corporation —

will be a general partner of the limited partnership in relation to which an application is made to register under a proposed name; or

is a general partner of the limited partnership in relation to which an application is made to change its name to a proposed name.

In paragraph (4), “relevant corporation” means a corporation carrying on business or operating under a name which would be identical to a proposed name of a limited partnership after the application of the rules set out in paragraphs (2) and (3).

This regulation sets out the rules for determining whether a name is identical to —

the name of any other limited partnership, a limited liability partnership or a corporation, or to a registered business name, referred to in section 17A(1)(b) of the Act;

a name reserved under any of the provisions referred to in section 17A(1)(c) of the Act;

any name of a limited partnership, business name, name of a company, name of a foreign company or name of a limited liability partnership, referred to in section 17A(2) of the Act; and

any name of a foreign company, or name of a limited partnership, referred to in section 17A(3) of the Act.

Subject to paragraph (4), the following are to be disregarded:

“The”, where it is the first word of a name;

the following words where they appear at the end of a name:

“Berhad” or “Bhd”;

“Limited” or “Ltd”;

“Limited Liability Partnership” or “LLP”;

“Limited Partnership” or “LP”;

“Private” or “Pte”;

“Public Accounting Corporation” or “PAC”;

“Sendirian” or “Sdn”;

the following words or expressions where they appear at the end of a name:

“Asia”;

“Asia Pacific”;

“Associates”;

“company” or “and company”;

“corporation”;

“Group”;

“Holding” or “Holdings”;

“Incorporated”;

“International”;

“Partner” or “Partners”;

“Partnership” or “Partnerships”;

“Singapore”;

“South Asia”;

“South East Asia”;

“Trading”;

“Worldwide”;

“.co”;

“.com”;

“.edu”;

“.gov”;

“.net”;

“.org”;

“.sg”;

any word or expression which, in the opinion of the Registrar, is intended to represent any word or expression in —

sub-paragraph (a) or (b); or

sub-paragraph (c);

the plural version of any name; (f)the type and case of letters, accents, spacing between letters, brackets, parentheses and punctuation marks.

The symbol “&” is to be treated as having the same meaning as the word “and”.

Paragraph (2)(c) and (d)(ii) does not apply if the relevant corporation —

will be a general partner of the limited partnership in relation to which an application is made to register under a proposed name; or

is a general partner of the limited partnership in relation to which an application is made to change its name to a proposed name.

In paragraph (4), “relevant corporation” means a corporation carrying on business or operating under a name which would be identical to a proposed name of a limited partnership after the application of the rules set out in paragraphs (2) and (3).