Industrial Research and Standards Act, 1946

Restriction on registration under Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924.

26.—(1) A company shall not be registered under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, after the passing of this Act by a name containing or consisting of the word “Caighdeán” or the word “Standard” or the initials “C.É.” or “I.S.” or by a name which so nearly resembles any such word or initials as to be likely to deceive or to cause confusion.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the registration of a company by a name similar to that by which any predecessor in business of that company was, immediately before the passing of this Act, registered under the Companies Acts, 1908 to 1924, or the Registration of Business Names Act, 1916.