Aliens Act, 1935

Licences for change of name by aliens.

9.—(1) An alien who desires—

(a) to continue to use after the appointed day a name which he is prohibited by the next preceding section of this Act from so continuing to use, or

(b) to assume or use after the appointed day a name which he is prohibited by the next preceding section of this Act from so assuming or using, or

(c) to carry on or continue to carry on, after the appointed day, a trade or business (either alone or in partnership with another person or other persons) under a style or name under which he is prohibited by the next preceding section of this Act from so continuing to carry on such business,

may apply in the prescribed form and manner to the Minister, either before or after the appointed day, for a licence, as the case may be, to continue to use such name, or to assume and use such name, or to carry on or continue to carry on such trade or business under such style or name.

(2) The Minister may, at his absolute discretion, either issue or refuse to issue a licence applied for under this section, and, if he issues any such licence, may attach thereto such conditions as he shall think proper and shall specify therein.

(3) A licence issued under this section shall be expressed and shall operate to authorise the licensee named therein either, as the ease may require, to continue to use a specified name, or to assume and use a specified name, or to continue to carry on a specified trade or business under a specified style or name or to carry on a specified trade or business under a specified style, as on and from the date of such licence or any later date specified therein and, in any case, subject to such conditions as shall be specified in such licence.

(4) There shall be charged and paid on the issue of every licence under this section such fee as the Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, prescribe.

(5) All fees payable in respect of licences issued under this section shall be collected and taken in such manner as the Minister for Finance shall, from time to time, direct and shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in accordance with the directions of the said Minister.

(6) The Public Offices Fees Act, 1879, shall not apply in respect of any fees payable under this section.

(7) The Minister may, at any time at his absolute discretion, revoke a licence issued by him under this section.

(8) As soon as may be after the issue or the revocation of a licence issued under this section, the Minister shall publish in the Iris Oifigiúil notice of the fact of the issue or the revocation (as the case may be) of such licence together with such particulars of such licence as the Minister shall think proper for the purpose, in the case of the issue of a licence, of indicating the person or the trade or business in respect of which such licence is issued and the general purport of such licence or, in the case of the revocation of a licence, of identifying the licence which is revoked.