Act No: CAP. 499
Act Title: REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
Rules under Section 22
REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES RULES
[L.N. 136/1975, L.N. 248/1988, L.N. 83/1997, L.N. 89/2003.]
1.

These Rules may be cited as the Registration of Business Names Rules .
2.

Subject to any directions which may be given by the Registrar, every statement of particulars, notice of change, notice of cessation, application for extension of time or other document intended for registration or filing shall be upon paper of durable quality and of a size approximately two hundred and ninety-seven millimetres by two hundred and ten millimetres and shall have on the left hand part thereof a margin of approximately thirty millimetres.
3.

The register shall be in the Form BN/1 in the Schedule.
4.

Every statement of particulars lodged under section 6 of the Act shall be in the Form BN/2 in the Schedule.
5.

Every certificate under section 14(1) of the Act shall be in the Form BN/3 in the Schedule.
6.

Every notice of change of particulars lodged under section 9 of the Act shall be in the Form BN/4 in the Schedule.
7.

Every certificate under section 14(2) of the Act shall be in the Form BN/5 in the Schedule.
8.

Every notice of cessation of business lodged under section 15(1) of the Act shall be in the Form BN/6 in the Schedule.
9.

Every notice of the happening of an event, in consequence of which registration under the Act ceases to be necessary, lodged under section 15(5) of the Act shall be in the Form BN/7 in the Schedule.

SCHEDULE

NOTES

(1) Where a business is transferred or a new partner taken in, full particulars of the new proprietor or partner are required as shown below.

(2) The original Certificate of Registration should accompany this notice.

(3) This notice must be signed by the proprietor or by all partners , as the case may be. A director or the secretary can sign for a corporation which is the proprietor or a partner.

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