Act 7
5.
Registration of Business Names Act
2008
Interpretations.
(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the
following words and expressions shall have the meanings
assigned to them respectively—
“Business” means a commercial enterprise carried on for
profit and it includes every trade, occupation or
employment habitually engaged in for livelihood or gain;
“Business name” means the name or style under which
any business is carried on, whether in partnership or
otherwise, other than the true names of an individual;
“Court” means a court of competent jurisdiction;
“Firm” means an unincorporated body of two or more
individuals, or one or more individuals and one or more
corporations, or of two or more corporations, who or which
have entered into partnership with one another with a view
to carrying on business for profit;
“Foreign concern” means any individual, firm or
corporation whose principal place of business is not
situated within Southern Sudan;
“Individual” means a natural person and does not include
a corporation;
“Initials” includes any recognized abbreviation of a
forename;
“Minister” means the Minister of Legal Affairs and
Constitutional Development;
“President” means the President of the Government of
Southern Sudan;
“Register” means the register, which the registrar is
required to keep under section 6;
“Registrar” means the Chief Registrar of Companies,
Businesses, Non Governmental Organisations and
Associations appointed under section 6.
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