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subsection (9), the Registrar or the Minister, as the case may be, must accept as correct any decision of the High Court to grant an injunction referred to in subsection (4)(e).

Change of registered business name

18.—(1) An application by a person to change the person’s registered business name is to be lodged with the Registrar.

(2) Upon the approval of the application, the Registrar is to issue to the applicant a notice of change of registered business name stating the date of the change.

(3) Any application for a change of a registered business name is subject to section 17.

Change of residential address

19.—(1) An individual who—

(a) is a registered individual proprietor;
(b) is a partner of a registered firm; or
(c) is an authorised representative,

must lodge with the Registrar a notice of the individual’s new residential address within 14 days after the date of change.

(2) Where the individual referred to in subsection (1) has changed his or her residential address and has made a report of the change under section 8 of the National Registration Act (Cap. 201), the individual is to be taken to have informed the Registrar of the change of residential address in compliance with subsection (1).

Registration of change in particulars

20.—(1) Whenever a change is made or occurs in any of the particulars registered in respect of any person, that person must, within 14 days after the change, or such further period as the Registrar may on application allow, lodge with the Registrar a notice specifying the nature and date of the change, and containing such other information as may be prescribed.