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Collective Investment Schemes Control Act, 2002 (Act No. 45 of 2002)

Part I : Collective Investment Schemes

6. Prohibition of misleading names and acts

 

(1) Subject to subsection (2), no person may, except if registered as a manager under this Act, or with the specific permission of the registrar pending the lodging and disposal of an application by such person for registration as a manager under this Act, or pending the change of the name of his or her business, include in or have as part of the name of his or her business or in any description of his or her business any reference to a collective investment scheme, open-ended investment company, participatory interest, portfolio, unit, unit trust or mutual fund or any derivative thereof, and no person who is not registered as a manager or trustee or custodian under this Act or is not an authorised agent may perform any act calculated to lead the public to believe that any business carried on by such person consists of or is connected with the administration of a collective investment scheme.

 

(2) The registrar may on application by a person who is required to change his or her name by virtue of subsection (1) allow such person to effect such change on the conditions and within the period, not exceeding 6 months, determined by the registrar.

 

(3) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence.