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Companies Act 2006

Section 64: Power to direct change of name in case of company ceasing to be entitled to exemption

158.This section replaces section 31(2) to (6). It gives the Secretary of State power to withdraw a private company’s exemption from the requirement for its name to conclude with “limited” and to direct it to change its name if it no longer meets the criteria that applied when it was granted the exemption.

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