(3) The registration of the name of a limited partnership shall not be construed as authorising the use of that name if, apart from such registration, the use thereof could be prohibited.
(4) Every general partner of a limited partnership who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000.
Restrictions on registration of name of limited partnership
17.—(1) The Registrar shall refuse to register the name of a limited partnership, or a change of the name of a limited partnership to one, under this Act that in the opinion of the Registrar—
- (a) is undesirable;
- (b) is identical to a name under which any other limited partnership, person or corporation carries on business;
- (c) is identical to a name that is being reserved under this section, section 13 of the Business Registration Act (Cap. 32), section 27 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50) or section 19 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A); or
- (d) is a name of a kind that the Minister has, by notification in the Gazette, directed the Registrar not to accept for registration.
(2) A person may apply in the prescribed manner to the Registrar for the reservation of a name set out in the application as—
- (a) the name of a proposed limited partnership; or
- (b) the name to which the name of a limited partnership is proposed to be changed.
(3) Upon receipt of an application under subsection (2) and payment of the prescribed fee, the Registrar may, if he is satisfied that the name to be reserved is not one which may be rejected on any ground referred to in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (d), reserve the name for a period of 2 months from the date of lodgment of the application or such longer period as the Registrar may allow.
(4) Notwithstanding anything in this section, where the Registrar is satisfied that the name of a limited partnership has been registered under this Act (whether through inadvertence or otherwise and whether originally or by a change of name)—
