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National Small Business Act, 1996 (Act No. 102 of 1996)

Chapter 3: Small Enterprise Development Agency

16A. Restriction of use of name

 

1) A person may not-
a) conduct his or her or its affairs or business or carry on his or her or its occupation or trade;
b) be registered or licensed under any law; or
c) falsely claim to be acting on behalf of the Agency, under a name containing the words "Small Enterprise Development Agency", the translation thereof in any other official language, or the abbreviation, "SEDA", thereof.

 

2) Any person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine or imprisonment for a period not exceeding five years, or to both a fine and such imprisonment.