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Part I PRELIMINARY

Part II ADMINISTRATION OF ACT

Part III REGISTRATION OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS

Part IV ACCOUNTING CORPORATIONS, ACCOUNTING FIRMS AND ACCOUNTING LLPs

Part V PRACTICE MONITORING PROGRAMME

Part VI DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS

Part VII MISCELLANEOUS

Part VIII SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

THE SCHEDULE Constitution and Proceedings of Oversight Committee

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Legislative History

 
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On 26/05/2013, you requested for the version in force on 26/05/2013 incorporating all amendments published on or before 26/05/2013. The closest version currently available is that of 01/04/2013.
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Name of accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP
19.
—(1)  The Oversight Committee shall not approve the name or proposed name, or any proposed change in the name, of an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP if it is of the opinion that the name or proposed name —
(a)
is undesirable; or
(c)
is a name of a kind that the Authority has directed the Oversight Committee not to accept for registration.
(2)  Notwithstanding section 27 of the Companies Act (Cap. 50), an accounting corporation which is a limited company need not have the word “Limited” or “Berhad” as part of its name and an accounting corporation which is a private company need not have the word “Private” or “Sendirian” as part of its name.
(3)  Every accounting corporation shall have either the words “Public Accounting Corporation” as part of its name or the acronym “PAC” at the end of its name, and no person, firm or company other than an approved accounting corporation shall have such words or acronym as part of or at the end of its name, as the case may be.
(4)  The name of an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP shall not be changed without the prior approval in writing of the Oversight Committee.
(5)  Notwithstanding anything in this section, section 27 of the Companies Act or section 19 of the Limited Liability Partnerships Act 2005 (Act 5 of 2005), where the Oversight Committee is satisfied that the name of an accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP has been approved (whether through inadvertence or otherwise and whether originally or by change of name) in contravention of subsection (1), the Oversight Committee may direct the accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP to change its name.
(6)  The accounting corporation, accounting firm or accounting LLP shall comply with the direction of the Oversight Committee under subsection (5) within 6 weeks after the date of the direction or such longer period as the Oversight Committee may allow unless the direction is annulled by the Minister.
[Accountants 2001 Ed., s. 20]