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24 :(b) refusing an application under subsection (4)(a) to extend the reservation period, may, within 30 days after being informed of the Registrar’s decision, appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.

Restrictions on registration of business names

17.—(1) Except with the consent of the Minister or as provided in subsection (3), the Registrar must refuse to register a person under this Act to carry on business under a business name, or refuse to approve a change of registered business name under section 18 to a business name, which in the opinion of the Registrar—
 * (a) is undesirable;
 * (b) is identical to that of any other registered business name, or the name of any corporation or limited partnership;
 * (c) is identical to a name that is reserved under section 16 of this Act, section 27(12B) or 378(15) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50), section 19(4) of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A) or section 17(4) of the Limited Partnerships Act (Cap. 163B); or
 * (d) is a name of a kind that the Minister has directed the Registrar, by notification in the Gazette, not to accept for registration.

(2) In addition to subsection (1), the Registrar must, except with the consent of the Minister, refuse to register a person (A) under a business name, or refuse to allow A to change A’s registered business name to a business name, if—
 * (a) it is identical to the business name of a person (B) whose registration and registration of that business name has been cancelled under this Act or has ceased under section 22, unless a period of at least one year has passed after the date of cancellation or cessation;
 * (b) it is identical to the name of a company that was dissolved—
 * (i) unless, in a case where the company was dissolved following its winding up under Part X of the