30 Change of name

(1) Subject to its memorandum and articles, a company may apply to the
Registrar to change its name or its foreign character name by way of an

amendment to its memorandum and articles in accordance with sections 22
and 23.

(2) Where a company proposes to change its name or its foreign character
name, section 26 shall apply to the name by which the company proposes
to change its name.

(3) Where a company applies to change its name or its foreign character name,
the Registrar shall, on compliance by the company with sections 22 and
23, and if it is satisfied that the proposed new name or new foreign
character name of the company complies with section 26 —

(a) enter the new name in the Register in the place of the former
name; and

(b) issue a certificate of change of name to the company.

(4) A change of the name of a company under this section or section 31 —

(a) takes effect from the date of the certificate of change of name
issued by the Registrar; and

(b) does not affect any rights or obligations of the company or render
defective any legal proceedings by or against it, and any legal
proceedings that might have been continued or commenced
against it by its former name may be continued or commenced
against it by its new name.