business in Singapore if regulations made under section 43 prescribe that the exemption under subsection (1)(c) does not apply to such individual or firm.
(3) A person carrying on business in Singapore who is not required to be registered under subsection (1), other than a person who is specified in any of the provisions of subsection (1)(e) to (o), may choose to be registered.
(4) A person who is not required to be registered but chooses to be registered is subject to and must comply with the provisions of this Act for the period of time that the person is so registered.
(5) For the purposes of this section—
- (a) a reference to an individual or a person includes a class of individuals or a class of persons, respectively; and
- (b) a reference to an individual’s full name is—
- (i) in the case of an individual issued with an identity card under the National Registration Act (Cap. 201), a reference to the individual’s full name as stated in the individual’s identity card; and
- (ii) in the case of an individual not issued with an identity card under that Act, a reference to the individual’s full name as stated in the individual’s passport or such other similar evidence of identity as is acceptable to the Registrar.
PART 2
REGISTRATION
Requirement to register
5.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, before a person carries on business in Singapore, the person and the person’s business name must be registered.
(2) Where a person intends to carry on business in Singapore under more than one business name, there must be separate registrations in
