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← Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004

Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act 2004 s 37

s 37 Use of name, etc., of Authority

37.—(1) The Authority may conduct its operations under its full name or under the acronym ACRA.[18/2014] (2) A person other than the Authority must not —(a) use, without the prior written permission of the Authority, the name of the Authority or the acronym ACRA; or (b) use a name or an acronym which so resembles the name of the Authority or the acronym ACRA as is likely to deceive or cause confusion —(i) in connection with a business, trade, profession or occupation; (ii) as the name, or as part of the name, of any firm, body corporate or institution; or (iii) in relation to —(A) services or products; or (B) the promotion, by any means, of the supply of services or products.[Act 36 of 2022 wef 01/04/2023] (3) Any person who contravenes subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.[30A [18/2014]

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