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6 PART 1 PRELIMINARY Short title and commencement

1. This Act may be cited as the Business Names Registration Act 2014 and shall come into operation on such date as the Minister may, by notification in the Gazette, appoint.

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

“alternate address” means an alternate address maintained with the Registrar under section 30(2) that meets the requirements of that section;

“authorised representative” means an authorised representative appointed under section 11(1);

“Authority” means the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority established under the Accounting and Corporate Regulatory Authority Act (Cap. 2A);

“business” includes every form of trade, commerce and profession, and any other activity, that is carried on for the purposes of gain, but does not include any office, employment or occupation;

“business name” means the name under which a person carries on business;

“certificate of confirmation of registration” means a certificate issued under section 8(2);

“company” has the same meaning as in section 4(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50);

“corporation” means any body corporate formed or incorporated or existing in Singapore or outside Singapore and includes—
 * (a) any company;
 * (b) any limited liability partnership registered under the Limited Liability Partnerships Act (Cap. 163A); and