Under subsection 29(1) of the Companies Act 2016, the Registrar has the power to direct a company to change its name if he believes on reasonable ground that a name under which the company was registered should not have been registered.
Upon receipt of the Notice of Instruction to Change Name, the company is given a period of 60 days or a further period permitted by the Registrar, to comply with the instruction.
If the company fails to comply with the instructions, the Registrar has the power under subsection 29(2) of the Companies Act 2016 to change the company name to the company registration number.
Example:
ABS HOLDINGS SDN. BHD. → 200801047015 SDN.BHD.
If the company wishes to make a change of company name in the future, the company will need to go through the change of company name process in accordance with the provisions of Section 28 of the Companies Act 2016.
Applications for change of name shall be submitted through CRS by logging in to SSM4U.
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