Section 13
Removal of name from the register
of Business Names Ordinance, 1932
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(1)
If any firm registered under this Ordinance ceases to carry on business, it shall be the duty of the proprietor or partners or the legal representative of a deceased proprietor or partner, within one month after the business has ceased to be carried on, to notify the
Registrar in writing to that effect, and if any person whose duty it is to give such notice fails to do so within such time as aforesaid he shall be guilty of an offence: Penalty, a fine of one hundred ringgit.
[Amended by Ordinance 18 of 1958]
(2)
On receipt of such notice, the Registrar may remove the name of the firm from the register and shall in any case publish a notice of cessation of business as soon as possible in the Gazette.
(3)
If the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any firm registered under this Ordinance is not carrying on business, he may serve upon the firm by registered post or other effective means a notice that unless an answer is received to such notice within one month from the date thereof the name of the firm may be removed from the register.
(4)
If the Registrar either receives an answer from the firm to the effect that the firm is not carrying on business or does not within one month after serving the notice receive an answer, he may remove the name of the firm from the register.
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