Malaysia legislation
Section 2
Section 2
Interpretation
“business” includes any trade, occupation, undertaking or profession carried on with a view to profit;
“firm” means a person carrying on a business as sole proprietor thereof, or an association of two or more persons carrying on a business in partnership;
“partnership” means the relationship which subsists between person who have agreed to combine their property, labour or skill in some business, and to share the profits thereof between them, and who have not been incorporated as a limited company under the Companies Act 1965 [Act 125];
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“Registrar” means the appropriate officer appointed under section 3.Registrars
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(1)
The person appointed in that behalf by the Minister by notification in the Sarawak Government Gazette‡ such person being known by such title as the Minister may by notification direct shall be the Registrar under this Ordinance for firms affected by section 4
carrying on business within the Kuching district.
(2)
The District Officers in districts other than Kuching district where this Ordinance applies shall be the Registrars under this
Ordinance for such firms carrying on business within their respective districts.
[Subsection (2) amended by Commissioners of Law Revision]
Certain firms to be registered