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