Registration of Business Names Act, 1963

Statement to be signed by persons registering.

5.—(1) The statement required for the purpose of registration must be signed—

(a) in the case of an individual—by him, and

(b) in the case of a body corporate—by a director or secretary thereof, and

(c) in the case of a firm, either—

(i) by all the individuals who are partners, and by a director or the secretary of all bodies corporate who are partners, or

(ii) by some individual who is a partner, or a director or the secretary of some body corporate which is a partner,

and in a case to which paragraph (c) (ii) applies must be verified by a statutory declaration made by the signatory.

(2) A statutory declaration stating that any person other than the declarant is a partner, or omitting to state that any person other than the declarant is a partner, shall not be evidence for or against any such other person in respect of his liability or non-liability as a partner.

(3) The High Court 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.