Business Names Act · 1984 Revised Edition
Section 16
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
The Registrar shall keep a register and index of the business names of all firms, individuals, or corporations
Registrar
"Registrar" means the Registrar of Business Names appointed under section 3;
Business Names registered under this Act, and of all statements furnished in reference thereto.
On receiving any statement furnished pursuant to section 6 the Registrar shall cause the business name of the firm, individual or corporation on whose behalf the statement was furnished to be entered in the register; and upon such entry being n1ade the firm, individual, or cor-poration shall be deemed to be registered.
business name
"business name" means the name, style, title or designation under which any business is carried on whether in partnership or otherwise;
The Registrar shall upon registration send by post or deliver a certificate thereof to the firm, individual, or corporation registering.
firm
"firm" means an unincorporated body of two or more individuals, or one or more individuals and one or more corporations, or two or more corpora-tions, who or which have entered into partnership with one another;
The certificate shall be in or to the effect of the form prescribed.
( 4) The Registrar may at any time upon proof to his satisfaction that any certificate issued in pursuance of subsection (3) or of subsection (2) of section 10 has been lost or destroyed issue a duplicate of such certificate upon payment of a fee of $5.
A certificate of the registration of the firm, indi-vidual, or corporation shall be kept exhibited in a conspi-cuous position at the principal place of business of such firm, individual, or corporation, and, if not kept so exhibited, every partner of the firm, or the individual or corporation
individual
"individual" means a natural person and does not include a corporation;
(as the case may be) shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of $500.
Terms defined in s 2
business name
Defined · s 2"business name" means the name, style, title or designation under which any business is carried on whether in partnership or otherwise;
firm
Defined · s 2"firm" means an unincorporated body of two or more individuals, or one or more individuals and one or more corporations, or two or more corpora-tions, who or which have entered into partnership with one another;
individual
Defined · s 2"individual" means a natural person and does not include a corporation;
Registrar
Defined · s 2"Registrar" means the Registrar of Business Names appointed under section 3;
the register
Defined · s 2"the register" means the register directed to be kept in pursuance of section 16;