Use and exhibition of business name
20 Use and exhibition of business name
Where a business name is registered under this Act —
a person or persons, in relation to whom a business name is registered, shall not issue or sign, in connection with the carrying on of that business, any business letter, statement of account, invoice, official notice, publication, order for goods or receipt unless the business name appears in legible characters thereon; and
the business name shall at all times be displayed in a conspicuous position on the outside of every place at which business is carried on under that name; and
the certificate of registration of the business name shall at all times be exhibited in a conspicuous position at the place where business is carried on under that name or if there is more than one such place at the principal place where business is so carried on,
and in the event of a contravention of this section each person carrying on business under that name is, unless he proves that he took all reasonable steps to ensure compliance with this section, guilty of an offence.
Penalty: $100. Default penalty.
[Section 20 amended: No. 113 of 1965 s. 8.]
21. Commissioner may correct errors in register etc.
The Commissioner may, before the change‑over day, on such evidence as to him appears sufficient correct an entry in the register or in a certificate of registration of a business name.
When correcting an error under subsection (1), the Commissioner shall not erase or render illegible the original writing and shall affix the date upon which the correction was made together with his initials.
An entry or certificate corrected under this section has the same validity and effect as if the error had not been made.
The Commissioner may, before the change‑over day, accept and register a statement lodged to correct an error in or to supply any particular omitted from a statement previously lodged and registered; and in that event the statement previously lodged and that lodged under this subsection shall be read as one and shall both be incorporated with and form part of the register.
[Section 21 amended: No. 40 of 1976 s. 12; No. 6 of 2012 s. 30.]
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