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(1) The name of a limited partnership shall haveâ (a) the word âlimited partnershipâ; or (b) the abbreviation âlpâ or âLPâ, appearing at the end of its name. (2) A partnership may not be registered in a nameâ (a) which is the same as a name appearing in the index kept under the Companies Act (Cap. 486); (b) the use of which would in the opinion of the Registrar constitute an offence; or (c) which in the opinion of the Registrar is offensive. (3) In determining for the purposes of this section, whether one name is the same as another, the Registrar shall have regard to the existence of otherwise ofâ (a) the definite article as the first word of the name; (b) any of the following, or abbreviations of them, at the end of the nameâ (i) âlimited partnershipâ; (ii) âlimited liability partnershipâ; (iii) âcompanyâ; (iv) âand companyâ; (v) âcompany limitedâ; (vi) âlimitedâ; (vii) âunlimitedâ; (viii) âpublic limited companyâ; (ix) âinvestment company with variable capita!â; or (c) âopen-ended investment companyâ. (4) For the purposes of subsection (3), the type and case of letters, accents, spaces between letters and punctuation marks, and âandâ and â&â shall be taken as the same.
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