377F. Refusal of registration
The Registrar may refuse to accept articles of incorporation or continuation for a company or to register articles amending the name of a company if —
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(a) the name is not distinctive because —
(i) it is too general,
(ii) it is descriptive only of the quality, function or other characteristic of the goods or services in which the company deals or intends to deal, or
(iii) primarily it is only a geographic name used alone, unless the applicant establishes that the name has, through use, acquired and continues to have a secondary meaning;
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(b) the name is inaccurate in describing —
(i) the business, goods or services in association with which it is proposed to be used,
(ii) the conditions under which the goods or services will be produced or supplied,
(iii) the persons to be employed in the production or supply of those goods or services, or
(iv) the place of origin of those goods and services;
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(c) it is likely to be confused with that of a company that was dissolved;
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(d) it contains the word or words “credit union”, “co- operative”, or “co-op” when it is not a co-operative venture; or
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(e) it is, in the opinion of the Registrar, for any reason, objectionable.
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(Inserted by Act 13 of 2015)