Section 30. Publication of name

  1. A company shall display its registered name and company registration number at—

    • its registered office;

    • every place where its business is carried on; and

    • every place where its books are kept.

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

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

    • its websites;

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

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

    • 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

    • 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.

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

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