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| (1) On receiving any statement made in pursuance of this Act from any firm or person the registrar shall, subject to the provisions of this Act, cause the same to be registered and filed of record, and he shall send by post or deliver to that firm or person a certificate of registration : |
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| (2) The firm or person to whom the certificate of registration is issued under subsection (1) shall, within fourteen days from the date of receipt thereof, keep exhibited in a conspicuous position at the principal place of business and at every other place of business of that firm or person such certificate or a certified copy thereof. |
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| (3) Every firm or person registered under this Act shall-
| | (i) cause Its registered business name and registration certificate number to be painted or affixed on the outside of every place in which the business is carried on, in a conspicuous position in letters easily legible; | | |
| | (ii) disclose in its letter-heads-
| | | (a) in the case of a business carried on by an individual or by the partners of a firm (where none of the partners is a corporation) the business name and the name of the individual or the names of all partners carrying on the business, the registration certificate number of the business and the principal place of such business; |
| (b) in the case of a business carried on by the partners of a firm (where one or more of the partners is a corporation) the registered business name the name or names of partners who are individuals, the corporate name and particulars of incorporation of all partners which are corporations, the registration certificate number of the business and the principal place of such business ; |
| (c) in the case of a business carried on by a corporation, the corporate name and the particulars of incorporation of such corporation, the registration certificate number of the business and the principal place of such business ;
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| (4) Every firm or person registered under provisions of section 6 of this Act shall, comply with the provisions of subsections (2) and (3) of this section. |
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| (5) If a default is made in complying with the provisions of subsection (2) or subsection (3), every person, and if such person is a partner of a firm every partner of that firm, and in the case of a corporation every director and secretary thereof shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction after summary trial before a Magistrate to a fine not exceeding two thousand rupees. |
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| (6) The registration of any statement or the certificate of such registration shall not be construed as evidence prima facie or otherwise of the truth of the particulars in such statement except against the person furnishing such particulars or statement. |
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