COMPANIES ACT, 1929

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{2) This section shall apply to—

‘a) every company registered under this Act or the Acts
repealed by this Act unless it was registered before the
twenty-third day of November, nineteen hundred and
sixteen; and
every company incorporated outside Great Britain which
has an established place of business within Great Britain,
unless it had established such a place of business before
the said date; and
every company licensed under the Moneylenders Act, 17 & 18 Geo. 5.
1927, whenever it was registered or whenever it estab- © 2%
lished a place of business.
(3) If a company makes default in complying with this section,
every director of the company shall be liable on summary conviction
for each offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and, in the case
of a director being a corporation, every director, secretary and
officer of the corporation, who is knowingly a party to the default,
shall be liable to a like penalty:

Provided that in England no proceedings shall be instituted
under this section except by, or with the consent of, the Board of
[rade.

(4) For the purposes of this section—

fa) the expression “director” includes any person in accord-
ance with whose directions or instructions the directors
of the company are accustomed to act:
(b) the expression ‘‘christian name” includes a forename;
{¢) the expression ‘‘initials” include a recognised abbreviation
of a christian name;
in the case of a peer or person usually known by a title
different from his surname, the expression ‘“surname”
means that title;
references to a former christian name or surname do not
include—
(1) in the case of a peer or a person usually known by
a British title different from his surname, the name by
which he was known previous to the adoption of or
succession to the title; or
ii) in the case of natural born British subjects, a
former christian name or surname where that name or
surname was changed or disused before the person
Dearing the name attained the age of eighteen years; or
(iii) in the case of a married woman, the name or
surname by which she was known previous to the
marriage;
the expression ‘“showcards’ means cards containing or
exhibiting articles dealt with, or samples or representa-
tions thereof.