Companies Act 2014
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Trading under a misleading name | ||
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27. (1) Neither a body that is not a company nor an individual shall carry on any trade, profession or business under a name which includes, as its last part, the word “limited” or the words “company limited by shares” or any abbreviations of any of the foregoing words. | ||
(2) If a body or individual contravenes subsection (1), the body or individual and, in the case of a body, any officer of it who is in default, shall be guilty of a category 3 offence. | ||
(3) Subsection (1) as it relates to the use of the word “limited”, or any abbreviation of that word, shall not apply to a society registered under the Industrial and Provident Societies Acts 1893 to 2014. | ||
(4) A company shall not, in the following circumstances, use a name which may reasonably be expected to give the impression that it is any type of company other than a private company limited by shares or that it is any other form of body corporate. | ||
(5) Those circumstances are circumstances in which the fact that it is a private company limited by shares is likely to be material to any person. | ||
(6) If a company contravenes subsection (4), the company and any officer of it who is in default shall be guilty of a category 3 offence. | ||
(7) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any company— | ||
(a) to which Part 21 applies, and | ||
(b) which has provisions in its constitution that would entitle it to rank as a private company limited by shares (whether under this Part or Part 16 ) if it had been registered in the State. |