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| (1) Every company
| | (a) shall paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside of every office or place in which its business is carried on, in a conspicuous position, in letters easily legible ; | | |
| | (b) shall have its name engraven in legible characters on its seal; | | |
| | (c) shall have its name specified in legible characters in all business letters of the company and in all notices, and other official publications of the company and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf of the company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of credit of the company. | | |
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| (2) Where a company does not paint or affix its name in manner directed by this Act, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to fine not exceeding two hundred and fifty rupees, and where a company does not keep its name painted or affixed in manner so directed the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a default fine. |
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| (3) Where a company fails to comply with the provisions of paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the company shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred rupees. |
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| (4) Where an officer of a company, or any person on its behalf
| | (a) uses or authorizes the use of any seal purporting to be a seal of the company whereon its name is not so engraven as referred to in subsection (1) ; or | | |
| | (b) issues or authorizes the issue of business letters of the company or any notice, or other official publication of the company, or signs or authorizes to be signed on behalf of the company any bill of exchange, promissory note, endorsement, cheque, or order for money or goods, wherein its name is not specified in the manner referred to in subsection (1) ; or | | |
| | (c) issues or authorizes the issue of any bill of parcels, invoice, receipt, or letter of credit of the company, wherein its name is not specified in the manner referred to in subsection (1), | | |
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Sri Lanka Consolidated Acts