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The Companies Act 1965 (the Act)
provides that before a company or its change of name is registered, the
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs or the Registrar of Companies
must first approve the name or the new name of the company respectively
accordingly.
- Names shall use the correct
language and spelling;
- If a name contains words other
than the Malay or English Languages, the meaning of such words must be given;
- Names which are not blasphemous
or likely to be offensive to members of the public;
- Names which do not resemble
elements of religion;
- Certain names which are not too
general, for example “Attempt Bhd.” or “Beautiful Sdn. Bhd.”;
- The usage of individual names
shall be from the names of the directors to be named in the Memorandum or Articles. 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;
- State the meaning of the
created words;
- 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.
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