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or person has carried on such business before the passing of this
Act or commences such business within two months thereafter,
the statement of particulars shall be furnished after the expiration
of two months and before the expiration of three months from
the passing of this Act, and that if at the expiration of the said
two months the conditions affecting the firm or persons have
ceased to be such as to require registration under this Act, the
firm or person need not be registered so long as such conditions
continue.

This section shall apply, in the case where registration is
required in consequence of a change of name, as if for references
to the date of the commencement of the business there were
substituted references to the date of such change.

Registration of
changes in firm.

Penalty for
default in
registration.

Disability of
persons in
default.

6.—Whenever a change is made or occurs in any of the parti-
culars registered in respect of any firm or person such firm or
person shall, within fourteen days after such change, or such
longer period as the Board of Trade may, on application being
made in any particular case, whether before or after the expiration
of such fourteen days, allow, furnish by sending by post or delivery
to the registrar in that part of the United Kingdom in which the
aforesaid particulars are registered a statement in writing in the
prescribed form specifying the nature and date of the change
signed, and where necessary verified, in like manner as the
statement required on registration.
»v—If any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a
statement of particulars or of any change in particulars shall
without reasonable excuse make default in so doing in the
manner and within the time specified by this Act, every partner
in the firm or the person so in default shall be liable on summary
conviction to a fine not exceeding five pounds for every day during
which the default continues, and the court shall order a statement
of the required particulars or change in the particulars to be
furnished to the registrar within such time as may be specified
in the order.
8.—(1) Where any firm or person by this Act required to furnish
a statement of particulars or of any change in particulars shall
have made default in so doing, then the rights of that defaulter
under or arising out of any contract made or entered into by or
on behalf of such defaulter in relation to the business in respect
to the carrying on of which particulars were required to be
furnished at any time while he is in default shall not be enforceable
by action or other legal proceeding either in the business name or
otherwise:

Provided always as follows: —

(a) The defaulter may apply to the court for relief against
the disability imposed by this section, and the court, on
being satisfied that the default was accidental or due to
inadvertence, or some other sufficient cause, or that on
other grounds it is just and equitable to grant relief,