# Companies Act 1948, Section 17: Prohibition of registration of companies by undesirable names.


No company shall be registered by a name which in the opinion of the Board of Trade is undesirable.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/11-12/38/section/17 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/companies-act-1948/section-17
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