Cap. 168 Art. 70Name of company.

(1) Subject to the provisions of this article, a company may be designated by any name, but such name shall have "limited"

as the last word.

(2) A company shall not be registered by a name which:

(a) is the same as a name of another registered company or so nearly similar as in the opinion of the Registrar it could create confusion; or

(b) is in the opinion of the Registrar offensive or otherwise undesirable; or

(c) has been reserved for registration for another company upon a notice in writing to the Registrar given not earlier than three months before the date of the second request: Provided that the Registrar shall notify any refusal under this article without delay to the person requesting the registration.

(3) A company shall not be registered by a name which includes the word "nominee" unless it is a company qualified to be registered as a nominee company under the Malta Financial

Services Authority Act.

(4) A person or persons trading or carrying on business or other activity:

(a) under a name or title of which "limited" or a contraction or imitation thereof is the last word and which is not the name of a company in possession of a warrant, currently in force, issued under the Malta

Financial Services Authority Act, or the Trusts and Trustees Act, authorising such company to act as a nominee company for the purpose of those Acts, shall be liable on conviction to a penalty of not less than two hundred and thirty-two euro and ninety-four cents (232.94) and not more than one thousand and one hundred and sixty-four euro and sixty-nine cents (1,164.69) and to a further penalty not exceeding twenty-three euro and twenty-nine cents (23.29) for any day during which the offence continues.