s 49 Prohibition of registration in certain cases
49.—(1) Despite anything in any written law, except where consent has been granted by the Board, a registering authority must not —(a) register any company, firm or other body of persons that bears any name described in subsection (2); or (b) register a trade mark or design that bears any name or mark described in subsection (2). (2) The name or mark mentioned in subsection (1) is any of the following:(a) a name or mark the use of which contravenes section 47(1); (b) a name or mark which contains or consists of the words “Singapore Standard” or “Technical Reference”, the expression “SISIR” or “SISIR Mark” or the names “Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board”, “SPRING Singapore”, “Singapore Productivity and Standards Board”, “International Enterprise Singapore Board”, “IE Singapore”, “Enterprise Singapore Board”, “ESG”, “Singapore Accreditation Council”, “Singapore Quality Award Governing Council” or “Singapore Standards Council” or other prescribed words or names, in any form; (c) a name or mark that so nearly resembles any of the names or marks mentioned in paragraph (b) as to deceive or be likely to deceive the public.