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P-5 - Partnerships and Business Names Registration Act

Section 9
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Certificate respecting business or trade name
9(1)Every person who carries on business for trading, manufacturing or mining purposes otherwise than as a member of a firm and who in that business uses as his business name some designation other than his own name, or uses as his business name his own name with the addition of the words “and company” or any word or abbreviation indicating a plurality of persons, shall sign and register a certificate of his business name in the form prescribed by regulation within two months after the time when he commences so to carry on business.
9(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), where any person or persons make use in business carried on for trading, manufacturing or mining purposes of the name of another person without the addition of any other word, he or they shall
(a) sign and register a certificate of his or their business name in the prescribed form within the time mentioned in subsection (1), and
(b) commencing immediately after registration of a certificate under paragraph (a), add after such name in the course of business the word “Registered” or the abbreviation “Reg’d.”
9(3)Repealed: 1980, c.39, s.9
9(4)Registration of a certificate under this section shall be effected by filing it, accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation, with the registrar.
9(5)Repealed: 1976, c.44, s.1
9(6)Where a person ceases to carry on business under a name for which a certificate of business name has been registered under this section, that person shall register in the form prescribed by regulation a certificate setting forth that he has ceased carrying on business or has ceased carrying on business under that name.
9(7)Every person required to register a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) shall
(a) cause a certificate of renewal in the form prescribed by regulation to be registered every five years from the date the certificate of business name was registered, and
(b) where a certificate of business name was registered under this Act prior to the coming into force of this subsection, cause a certificate of renewal in the form prescribed by regulation to be registered within five years after the coming into force of this subsection and thereafter every five years from the date the first certificate of renewal was registered.
S.R., c.168, s.9; 1956, c.51, s.3; 1976, c.44, s.1; 1980, c.39, s.9; 1986, c.62, s.7; 2003, c.14, s.8
Certificate respecting business or trade name
9(1)Every person who carries on business for trading, manufacturing or mining purposes otherwise than as a member of a firm and who in that business uses as his business name some designation other than his own name, or uses as his business name his own name with the addition of the words “and company” or any word or abbreviation indicating a plurality of persons, shall sign and register a certificate of his business name in the form prescribed by regulation within two months after the time when he commences so to carry on business.
9(2)Notwithstanding subsection (1), where any person or persons make use in business carried on for trading, manufacturing or mining purposes of the name of another person without the addition of any other word, he or they shall
(a) sign and register a certificate of his or their business name in the prescribed form within the time mentioned in subsection (1), and
(b) commencing immediately after registration of a certificate under paragraph (a), add after such name in the course of business the word “Registered” or the abbreviation “Reg’d.”
9(3)Repealed: 1980, c.39, s.9
9(4)Registration of a certificate under this section shall be effected by filing it, accompanied by the fee prescribed by regulation, with the registrar.
9(5)Repealed: 1976, c.44, s.1
9(6)Where a person ceases to carry on business under a name for which a certificate of business name has been registered under this section, that person shall register in the form prescribed by regulation a certificate setting forth that he has ceased carrying on business or has ceased carrying on business under that name.
9(7)Every person required to register a certificate under subsection (1) or (2) shall
(a) cause a certificate of renewal in the form prescribed by regulation to be registered every five years from the date the certificate of business name was registered, and
(b) where a certificate of business name was registered under this Act prior to the coming into force of this subsection, cause a certificate of renewal in the form prescribed by regulation to be registered within five years after the coming into force of this subsection and thereafter every five years from the date the first certificate of renewal was registered.
S.R., c.168, s.9; 1956, c.51, s.3; 1976, c.44, s.1; 1980, c.39, s.9; 1986, c.62, s.7; 2003, c.14, s.8