Firms and
persons to be
registered.

Registration by
nominee, &c.

794

SECRETARIAL PRACTICE

I.—Subject to the provisions of this Act—
(a) Every firm having a place of business in the United
Kingdom and carrying on business under a business name
which does not consist of the true surnames of all
partners who are individuals and the corporate names of
all partners who are corporations without any addition
other than the true Christian names of individual
partners or initials of such Christian names;
Every individual having a place of business in the
United Kingdom and carrying on business under a
business name which does not consist of his true
surname without any addition other than his true
Christian names or the initials thereof;
Every individual or firm having a place of business in the
United Kingdom, who, or a member of which, has
either before or after the passing of this Act changed his
name, except in the case of a woman in consequence of
marriage;
shall be registered in the manner directed by this Act:
Provided that—
(i) where the addition merely indicates that the business is
carried on in succession to a former owner of the business,
that addition shall not of itself render registration necessary;
 and
where two or more individual partners have the same
surname, the addition of an s at the end of that surname
shall not of itself render registration necessary; and
(iii) where the business is carried on by a trustee in bankruptcy
 or a receiver or manager appointed by any court,
registration shall not be necessary; and
a purchase or acquisition of property by two or more
persons as joint tenants or tenants in common is not ot
itself to be deemed carrying on a business whether or
not the owners share any profits arising from the sale
thereof.

2.—Where a firm, individual, or corporation having a place ot
business within the United Kingdom carries on the business
wholly or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person,
or other persons, or another corporation, or acts as general agent
for any foreign firm, the first-mentioned firm, individual, or
corporation shall be registered in manner provided by this Act,
and, in addition to the other particulars required to be furnished
and registered, there shall be furnished and registered the particulars
 mentioned in the schedule to this Act:
Provided that where the business is carried on by a trustee in
bankruptcy or a receiver or manager appointed by any court,
registration under this section shall not be necessary.