2.1. General Partnership names
2.1.1. A Person may apply to the Registrar of Companies for the reservation of a name for a General Partnership (or proposed General Partnership).
2.1.2. If the name is acceptable to the Registrar of Companies, the Registrar must reserve the name for 30 days.
2.1.3. The following provisions apply to the name of a General Partnership or the reservation of a name for a General Partnership (or a proposed General Partnership):
- (a) the name must use letters of the English alphabet, numerals or other characters acceptable to the Registrar of Companies;
- (b) the name must comply with section 12(2)(a) (Registration as General Partnership) of the AIFC General Partnership Regulations;
- (c) the name must not, in the opinion of the Registrar, be, or be reasonably likely to become, misleading, deceptive, conflicting with another name (including an existing name of another partnership);
- (d) the name must not contain words that may suggest a relationship with the AIFCA, AFSA orany other governmental authority in the AIFC, Nur-Sultan or the Republic of Kazakhstan, unless the relevant authority has consented in Writing to the use of the name;
- (e) the name must not contain any of the following words unless the AFSA has consented in Writing to their use:
(i) the word ‘bank’, ‘insurance’ or ‘trust’;
(ii) words that suggest that the partnership is engaged in banking, insurance or trust activities;
(iii) words that suggest in some other way that it is authorised to conduct Financial Services in the AIFC;
- (f) the name must not contain words that may suggest a connection with, or the patronage of, any Person or organisation, unless the Person or organisation consents in Writing;
- (g) the name must not be, in the opinion of the Registrar, otherwise undesirable.
2.1.4. If a General Partnership uses a trading name that is different from its registered General Partnership name, the General Partnership must ensure the trading name complies with subrule 2.1.3(a), (c),
- (d), (e), (f) and (g). In applying subrule 2.1.3(c) to the General Partnership, a reference to a name includes a reference to a trading name.
2.1.5. An application for the reservation of a name for a General Partnership (or proposed General Partnership) must be accompanied by the prescribed fee set out in the Rules from time to time.