{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/56",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Use of name suggesting connection with foreign governments etc",
  "text": "In the Companies Act 2006, after section 1196 insert—\n“Names suggesting connection with foreign governments etc\n1196A (1) A person must not carry on business in the United Kingdom under a name that would be likely to give the false impression that the business is connected with—\n(a) a foreign government or an agency or authority of a foreign government, or\n(b) an international organisation whose members include two or more countries or territories (or their governments).\n(2) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence.\n(3) Where an offence under this section is committed by a body corporate, an offence is also committed by every officer of the body who is in default.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale and, for continued contravention, a daily default fine not exceeding one-tenth of level 3 on the standard scale.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(1)(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 23 in force at 4.3.2024 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2024/269, reg. 2(r)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/56/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:49:37.581581+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}