Act 7
Registration of Business Names Act
2008
(5) A certificate issued under this section shall be sent by
registered post or delivered to the individual, firm or
corporation registering, who shall thereupon exhibit and
thereafter maintain the certificate in a conspicuous position
at the principal place of the business so registered.
(6) Where a fresh certificate has been issued under sub-section
(2), this subsection shall apply to such fresh certificate only
and not to the certificate originally issued.
(7) Subject to the provisions of subsection (4) above, where
any certificate has been lost or destroyed or rendered
illegible, a copy of such certificate certified by the registrar
may be exhibited in place of the original.
(8) Where an individual, firm or corporation registered under
this Act has more than one place of business, the original
certificate shall be exhibited and maintained as required by
subsection (5) at the principal place of business and a copy
of the certificate certified by the Registrar shall be
exhibited and thereafter maintained in a conspicuous
position in each of such other places of business.
(9) Where an individual, firm or corporation fails to comply
with any of the provisions of subsections (5) and (8), every
partner in the firm, or such individual, or such corporation,
as the case may be, commits an offence.
(10) At the Registrar’s office, the Registrar shall keep an index of all
the firms and persons registered at the office under this Act.
20. Cancellation of Entries in Register.
(1) Where an individual, firm or corporation registered under
this Act ceases to carry on business, it shall be the duty of
the persons who were partners in the firm at the time when
it ceased to carry on business, or of the individual or if he
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