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(1)
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A company shall as from the day on which it begins to carry on business or as from fourteenth day after
the date of its incorporation, whichever is the earlier, have a registered office within Malaysia to which
all communications and notices may be addressed and which shall be open and accessible to the public for not
less than three hours during ordinary business hours on each day, Saturdays, weekly and public holidays
excepted.
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(2)
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If default is made in complying with subsection (1) the company and every officer of the company of
the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(Am. Act A 616)
Penalty: One thousand ringgit Default penalty
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(1)
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Notice in the prescribed form of the situation of the registered office, the day and hours during which
it is open and accessible to the public, and of any change therein shall be lodge with the Registrar within
one month after the date of incorporation or of any such change, as the case may be, but no notice of the
days and hours during which the office is open and accessible to the public shall be required if the office
is open for at least five hours during ordinary business hours on each day, Saturday, weekly and public
holidays excepted.
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(2)
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If default is made in complying with this section the company and every officer of the company who is in
default shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(Am. Act A 616)
Penalty: One thousand ringgit Default penalty
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(1)
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The name of the company (whether or not it is carrying on business under a business name) in legible romanised letters and the company number of the company shall appear on -
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(a)
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its seal; and
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(b)
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all business letters, statements of account, invoices, official notices, publications, bills of exchange,
promissory notes, endorsements, cheques, order, receipts and letters of credit of or purporting to be issued
or signed by or on behalf of the company, and if default is made in complying with this subsection the
company shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
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(1A)
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Where a company has changed its name pursuant to section 23, the former name of the company shall also
appear beneath its present name on all documents, business letters, statements of account, invoices,
official notices, publications, bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques, order,
receipts and letters of credit of or purporting to be issued or signed by or on behalf of the company for
a period of not less than twelve months from the date of the change, and if default is made in complying
with this subsection the company shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
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(2)
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If an officer of a company or any person on its behalf -
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(a)
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uses or authorizes the use of any seal purporting to be a seal of the company whereon its name does not so appear;
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(b)
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issues or authorizes the issue of any business letter statement of account invoice or official notice or publication
of the company wherein its name and former name (if applicable) is not so mentioned; or
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(c)
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signs issues or authorizes to be signed or issued on behalf of the company any bill of exchange
promissory note cheques or other negotiable instruments or any endorsement order receipt or letter of
credit wherein its name and former name (if applicable) is not so mentioned,
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(d)
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he shall be guilty of an offence against this Act, and where he has signed issued or authorized to be
signed or issued on behalf of the company any bill of exchange promissory note or other negotiable
instrument or any endorsement thereon or order wherein that name and former name (if applicable) is
not so mentioned, he shall in addition be liable to the holder of the instrument or order for the
amount due thereon unless it is paid by the company.
Name to be displayed on all offices
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(3)
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Every company shall paint or affix and keep or affixed on the outside of every office or place in which
its business is carried on, in a prominent position in romanised letters easily legible its name,
and also, in the case of the registered office, the words "Pejabat Yang Didaftarkan" and if it
fails so to do the company shall be guilty of an offence against this Act.
(Am. Act A657)
Penalty: One thousand ringgit Default penalty.
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(4)
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In this section, "company number" means the number allocated by the Registrar to a company on its incorporation.
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