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Part I · Incorporation of Companies and Related Matters Essential Characteristics of Companies

10. Direction to change name

Official English translation. Where it differs from the Sinhala or Tamil text, the Act itself says which text prevails.

(1)

Notwithstanding the provisions of section 7, the

Registrar may direct a company to change its name in the following circumstances :—

(a)

where through inadvertence or otherwise, it has been registered with a name which contravenes the provisions of section 6 ;

(b)

a request is made to the Registrar to do so within three months of the company giving public notice of the name objected to under section 9, by another company or by a registered overseas company, where—

(i)

the name of the first-mentioned company is so similar to the name of the requesting company that it is likely to cause confusion ;

and

(ii)

the requesting company was registered with its current name before the first-mentioned company was registered with the name objected to ; or

(c)

a request is made to the Registrar to do so by any person and the Registrar is satisfied that the name was not applied for in good faith for the purpose of identifying the company.

(2)

A company shall comply with a direction issued by a

Registrar under subsection (1) within a period of six weeks from the date of the issue of such direction, or such longer period as the Registrar may in his discretion permit.

(3)

A company which fails to comply with a direction issued under this section shall be guilty of an offence and be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand rupees.

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Part II

Private Companies

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Part III

Companies Limited by Guarantee

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Part IV

Shares and Debentures Prospectus

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Part V

Shareholders and Their Rights and Obligations

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Part VI

Registration of Charges Registration of Charges with Registrar

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Part VII

Management and Administration Registered Office

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Part VIII

Amalgamations

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Part IX

Compromises with Creditors

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Part X

Approval of Arrangements, Amalgamations, and Compromises by Court

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Part XI

Provisions Relating to Offshore Companies

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Part XII

Winding Up

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Part XIII

Administrators Appointment of Administrator

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Part XIV

Floating Charges

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Part XV

Receivers and Managers

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Part XVI

Registrar-General of Companies and Registration Appointment of Officers

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Part XVII

Application of Act to Existing Companies

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Part XVIII

Overseas Companies

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Part XIX

Advisory Commission

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Part XX

Companies Disputes Board

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Part XXI

Offences Miscellaneous Offences

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Part XXII

Miscellaneous Prohibition of Partnership with More Than Twenty Members

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Part XXIII

Repeals and Amendments

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Schedules