Malaysia legislation
Section 33
of STANDARD AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF MALAYSIA (INCORPORATION) ACT 1975
Section 33
(2)
Where any written law provides for the registration of any body of persons, the registering authority may refuse registration if in its opinion the use of the name by which the body desires to be registered is prohibited by subsection (1).
(3)
This section shall with the necessary modifications apply to an individual person carrying on business under any name or style other than his own.
(4)
Any body of persons that, or any person who, does any act in contravention of this section shall, unless it is proved that the act was not done for gain or with intent to defraud, be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding five thousand dollars:
(5)
Nothing in this section shall apply to the use by any body of persons or any person of any name that was in use in Malaysia by that body or person, or any predecessor in business of that body or person, before the 1st February, 1967.