Auctioneers and House Agents Act, 1947
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Register of depositors. |
17.—(1) The Accountant of the Courts of Justice shall keep a register (in this section referred to as the register of depositors) of persons maintaining deposits. | |
(2) The register of depositors shall contain in respect of each person maintaining a deposit— | ||
(a) the name of the depositor and the name under which he carries on or proposes to carry on the business of auctioneer or house agent, | ||
(b) the address of his principal or proposed principal place of business in the State, | ||
(c) if the deposit is being maintained by means of a guarantee bond, the name and address of the assurance company concerned. | ||
(3) The register of depositors shall be kept in the office of the Accountant of the Courts of Justice and may be inspected by any person, on payment of such fee (if any) as may be prescribed under section 65 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 (No. 48 of 1936) at any time at which the said office is open for the transaction of public business. | ||
(4) A certificate, purporting to be signed by the Accountant of the Courts of Justice, that on a particular day a named person was not registered in the register of depositors or that he was so registered and was maintaining a specified deposit, shall be prima facie evidence of the facts so certified and it shall not be necessary to prove the signature of the said Accountant or that he is the Accountant of the Courts of Justice. | ||
(5) The Accountant of the Courts of Justice may issue to any person such certificate as is mentioned in subsection (4) of this section, on payment of such fee (if any) as may be prescribed under section 65 of the Courts of Justice Act, 1936 (No. 48 of 1936). |