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The Companies Act stated that
before a company or company name change is registered, the Minister of Domestic
Trade and Consumer Affairs or the Registrar of Companies must approve the
name or the new name of the company respectively accordingly.
The
General Principles And Characteristics Of Names Which Can Be Considered As
Company’s Name
(a) Names shall use the correct language and
spelling.
(b) If a name contains words other than the Malay
or English Languages, the meaning of such words must be given.
(c) Names which are not blasphemous or likely to
be offensive to members of the public.
(d) Names which do not resemble elements of
religion.
(e) Certain names which are not too general, for
example “Good Sdn. Bhd.” or “Pretty Sdn. Bhd.”.
(f) The usage of individual names shall be from
the names of the directors to be named in the Memorandum or Articles of
Association. However, individual names can be considered if such names are from
the names of immediate family members of the director or promoter, for example,
the names of children, father, wife, grandfather or grandmother. Proof of
family relationship must be given. If the name of the company is from the
individual name of a group of companies in existence, consent letter must be
obtained from the group of companies which have such individual names.
(g) State the meaning of the created words.
(h) Company name is not an acronym that can be
used to mislead as the name of a multi-national company such as PNB, ICI, IBM.
(I) Malaysia company name can be registered in either
English or Malay.
(J) A limited company shall have "Berhad" or
the abbreviation "Bhd." as part of and at the end of its name.
(K) A private company shall have the word
"Sendirian" or the abbreviation "Sdn." as part of its name,
inserted immediately before the word "Berhad" or before the
abbreviation "Bhd." or in the case of an unlimited company, at the
end of its name.
(L) SDN is the abbreviation for Sendirian, meaning
private whereas BHD is the abbreviation for Berhad, meaning limited. SDN. BHD
refers to “Private Limited” whereas Berhad generally refers to “Public Limited
Company”.
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