A franchisor shall submit to a franchisee a copy of the franchise agreement and documents including amendments to the documents approved under section 11 at least ten days before the franchisee signs the agreement with the franchisor or after the documents is approved by the Registrar under section 11, whichever is applicable.
franchisor
“franchisor” means a person who grants a franchise to a franchisee and includes a master franchisee with regard to his relationship with a subfranchisee, unless stated otherwise in this Act;
The documents in subsection (1) shall be the same documents submitted to the Registrar under sections 7 and 11.
Registrar
“Registrar”, “Deputy Registrar” and “Assistant Registrar” mean respectively the Registrar of Franchises, a Deputy Registrar of Franchises and an Assistant Registrar of Franchises appointed under section 5;
A person who fails to comply with this section commits an offence.
person
“person” includes a natural person, corporation, partnership, association, firm, joint venture or trust;