Section 5: Issue of registration certificate
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5. Issue of registration certificate
(1) Where the Registrar considers that an enterprise meets the criteria to
be considered as a microenterprise, small enterprise or medium enterprise, he
shall grant the application.
(2) Where the Registrar grants an application, he shall, on such terms
and conditions as he may determine, register that enterprise as an SME and
issue it with a registration certificate in such form as the supervising officer
may approve.
(3) A registration certificate shall be valid for a period of 5 years.
(4) Where the holder of a registration certificate—
(a) changes the name or address of the SME; or
(b) intends to change the nature of the business activity in relation
to which the registration certificate was issued,
he shall make an application in writing to the Registrar for the registration
certificate to be amended, specifying the reasons for the change and give
such additional information or document as the Registrar may require.
(5) Where the Registrar grants an application made under subsection (4),
he shall, on such terms and conditions as he may determine and on payment
of such fee as may be prescribed, issue, in respect of that SME, an amended
registration certificate or a new registration certificate.