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Interpretation.
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2.—(1) In this Act—
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“business” includes profession;
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“business name” means the name or style under which any business is carried on, and, in relation to a newspaper, includes the title of the newspaper;
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“Christian name” includes any forename;
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“director”, in relation to a body corporate, includes a member of the managing body thereof;
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“firm” means an unincorporated body of two or more individuals, or one or more individuals and one or more bodies corporate, or two or more bodies corporate, who have entered into partnership with one another with a view to publishing a newspaper or to carrying on business for profit;
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“initials” includes any recognised abbreviation of a Christian name;
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“the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;
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“newspaper” means any paper containing public news or observations thereon, or consisting wholly or mainly of advertisements, which is printed for sale and is published in the State either periodically or in parts or numbers at intervals not exceeding thirty-six days;
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“prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made in pursuance of this Act;
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“the repealed enactment” means the Registration of Business Names Act, 1916, repealed by this Act;
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“surname”, in the case of a person usually known by a title different from his surname, means that title.
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(2) References in this Act to a former Christian name or surname do not include—
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(a) in the case of a person usually known by a title different from his surname, the name by which he was known previous to the adoption of or succession to the title; or
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(b) in the case of any person, a former Christian name or surname where that name or surname was changed or disused before the person bearing the name attained the age of 18 years or has been changed or disused for a period of not less than 20 years; or
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(c) in the case of a married woman, the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.
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