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Section 30

Publication of name

of Companies Act 2016

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Section 30

(a)

its registered office;

(b)

every place where its business is carried on; and

(c)

every place where its books are kept.

(2)

A company shall disclose its registered name and company registration number on—

(a)

its business letters, notices and other official publications, including in electronic form;

(b)

its websites;

(c)

its bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements and order forms;

(d)

cheques purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company;

(e)

orders invoices and other demands for payment, receipts and letters of credit purporting to be issued or signed by or on behalf of the company; and

(f)

all other forms of its business correspondence and documentation.

(3)

The Registrar shall determine the manner a registered name is to be displayed or disclosed by a company.

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (2), where a company changed its name under section 28 or 29, the former name of the company shall appear beneath its present registered name for a period of not less than twelve months from the date of the change.

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(5)

The company and every officer who contravene this section commit an offence.