REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT, 1916 797 
(b) 
may grant such relief either generally, or as respects any 
particular contracts, on condition of the costs of the 
application being paid by the defaulter, unless the court 
otherwise orders, and on such other conditions (if any) 
as the court may impose, but such relief shall not be 
granted except on such service and such publication of 
notice of the application as the court may order, nor 
shall relief be given in respect of any contract if any 
party to the contract proves to the satisfaction of the 
court that, if this Act had been complied with, he would 
not have entered into the contract; 
Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the rights of 
any other parties as against the defaulter in respect of 
such contract as aforesaid: 
If any action or proceeding shall be commenced by any 
other party against the defaulter to enforce the rights 
of such party in respect of such contract, nothing herein 
contained shall preclude the defaulter from enforcing 
in that action or proceeding, by way of counterclaim 
set off or otherwise, such rights as he may have against 
that party in respect of such contract. 
(2) In this section the expression ‘‘ court’ means the ‘“ High 
Court” or a judge thereof: 
Provided that, without prejudice to the power of the High 
Court or a judge thereof to grant such relief as aforesaid, if any 
proceeding to enforce any contract is commenced by a defaulter 
in a county Court, the county court may, as respects that contract 
grant such relief as aforesaid. 
ao.—If any statement required to be furnished under this Act Penalty for 
7 7 y . . y false state- 
contains any matter which is false in any material particular to ments. 
the knowledge of any person signing it, that person shall, on 
summary conviction, be liable to imprisonment with or without 
hard labour for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine 
not exceeding twenty pounds. or to both such imprisonment and 
fine 
10.—(1) The Board of Trade may require any person to furnish 
to the Board such particulars as appear necessary to the Board for 
the purpose of ascertaining whether or not he or the firm of which 
he is partner should be registered under this Act, or an alteration 
made in the registered particulars, and may also in the case of a 
corporation require the secretary or any other officer of a corpora- 
tion performing the duties of secretary to furnish such particulars, 
and if any person when so required fails to supply such particulars 
as it is in his power to give, or furnishes particulars which are 
false in any material particular, he shall on summary conviction 
be liable to imprisonment with or without hard labour for a term 
not exceeding three months or to a fine not exceeding twenty 
pounds or to both such imprisonment and fine 
Duty to fur- 
nish particulars 
to Board of 
Trade