REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT, 1916 795
3.—(1) Every firm or person required under this Act to be
registered shall furnish by sending by post or delivering to the
registrar at the register office in that part of the United Kingdom
in which the principal place of business of the firm or person is
situated a statement in writing in the prescribef form containing
the following particulars: —

The business name;

The general nature of the business;

The principal place of the business;

Where the registration to be effected is that of a firm, the
present Christian name and surname, any former Chris-
tian name or surname, the nationality, and if that
nationality is not the nationality of origin, the nationality
of origin, the usual residence, and the other business
occupation (if any) of each of the individuals who are
partners, and the corporate name and registered or
principal office of every corporation which is a partner;
Where the registration to be effected is that of an indivi-
dual, the present Christian name and surname, any
former Christian name or surname, the nationality, and
if that nationality is not the nationality of origin, the
nationality of origin, the usual residence, and the other
business occupation (if any) of such individual;

Where the registration to be effected is that of a corpora-
tion, its corporate name and registered or principal office;
If the business is commenced after the passing of this
Act, the date of the commencement of the business.

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Manner and
particulars of
registration.

(2) Where a business is carried on under two or more business
names, each of those business names must be stated.
4.—The statement required for the purpose of registration must
in the case of an individual be signed by him, and in the case of a
corporation by a director or secretary thereof, and in the case of a
firm either by all the individuals who are partners, and by a
director or the secretary of all corporations which are partners
by some individual who is a partner, or a director or the secretary
of some corporation which is a partner, and in either of the last
two cases must be verified by a statutory declaration made by
the signatory: Provided that no such statutory declaration
stating that any person other than the declarant is a partner, or
omitting to state that any person other than as aforesaid is a
partner, shall be evidence for or against any such other person in
respect of his liability or non-liability as a partner, and that the
High Court or a judge thereof may on application of any person
alleged or claiming to be a partner direct the rectification of the
register and decide any question arising under this section.

5.—The particulars required to be furnished under this Act
shall be furnished within fourteen days after the firm or person
commences business, or the business in respect of which registra-
tion is required. as the case mav be: Provided that if such firm

Statement to
be signed by
persons regis
tering.

Time for
~egistration