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any other word which, in the opinion of the registrar, is calculated
to lead to the belief that the busines is under British ownership or
control, and the registrar is satisfied that the nationality of the
persons by whom the business is wholly or mainly owned or
controlled is at any time such that the name is misleading, the
registrar shall refuse to register such business name or, as the
case may be, remove such business name from the register, but
any person aggrieved by a decision of the registrar under this
provision may appeal to the Board of Trade, whose decision shall
be final.

(2) The registration of a business name under this Act shall
not be construed as authorising the use of that name if apart from
such registration the use thereof could be prohibited.
15. There shall be offices in London, Edinburgh, and Dublin
for the registration of firms and persons whose principal places
of business are respectively situated in England and Wales,
Scotland, and Ireland, and the registrar of companies in each
of those cities or such other person as the Board of Trade may
determine shall be the registrar for the purposes of this Act.
16. At any time after the expiration of six months from the
passing of this Act or of such longer period, not being more than
nine months from the passing of this Act, as the Board of Trade
may by order direct, any person may inspect the documents filed
by the registrar on payment of such fees as may be prescribed
not exceeding one shilling for each inspection; and any person
may require a certificate of the registration of any firm or person,
or a copy of or extract from any registered statement to be
certified by the registrar or assistant registrar, and there shall
be paid for such certificate of registration, certified copy, or
extract such fees as may be prescribed not exceeding two shillings
for the certificate of registration, and not exceeding sixpence for
each folio of seventy-two words, or in Scotland for each sheet of
two hundred words, of the entry, copy, or extract.

A certificate of registration, or a copy of or extract from any
statement registered under this Act, if duly certified to be a true
copy or extract under the hand of the registrar or one of the
assistant registrars (whom it shall not be necessary to prove to
be the registrar or assistant registrar), shall, in all legal proceed-
ings. civil or criminal, be received in evidence.

17.—(1) The Board of Trade may make rules (but as to fees with
the concurrence of the Treasury) concerning any of the following
matters—

~The fees t~ be paid to the registrar under this Act, so

that the, ue not exceed the sum of five shillings for «he
=r _L.-lion oi any one statemen;
. -orms i. be used under this Ac,
duties to be performed by anv registrar under this

Registrar

Inspection of
statements
registered.

Power for
Board of
I'rade to make
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