Section 34: Application for reservation of name

34. Application for reservation of name (1) An application for reservation of the name of a company may be sent or delivered to the Registrar, and shall be in such form as the Registrar may approve. (2) The Registrar shall not reserve a name— (a) which, or the use of which, would contravene an enactment; (b) which, by virtue of section 35, may not be registered; (c) which is identical to a name that the Registrar has already reserved under this Act or the Companies Act 1984 and that is still available for incorporation; or (d) which, in the opinion of the Registrar, is offensive. (3) The Registrar shall inform the applicant by notice in writing— (a) whether or not the Registrar has reserved the name; and (b) if the name has been reserved, that unless the reservation is sooner revoked by the Registrar, the name is available for incorporation of a company with that name or registration of a change of name, whichever be the case, for 2 months after the date stated in the notice. (4) The reservation of a name under subsection (3) shall not by itself entitle the proposed company, company or foreign company to be registered under that name, originally or on a change of name. [S. 34 amended by s. 4 (c) of Act 21 of 2006 w.e.f. 1 October 2006; s. 7 (b) of Act 27 of 2013 w.e.f. 21 December 2013.]