Registration of Business Names Act, 1963

Manner and particulars of registration.

4.—(1) Every person required under this Act to be registered shall furnish by sending by post or delivery to the registrar a statement in writing in the prescribed form containing the following particulars:

(a) the business name, including, in the case of the proprietor of a newspaper, the title of the newspaper;

(b) the general nature of the business;

(c) the principal place of the business;

(d) where the registration to be effected is that of a firm, the present Christian name and surname, any former Christian name or surname, the nationality, if not Irish, the usual residence, and the other business occupation (if any) of each of the individuals who are partners, and the corporate name and registered or principal office in the State of every body corporate which is a partner;

(e) where the registration to be effected is that of an individual, the present Christian name and surname, any former Christian name or surname, the nationality, if not Irish, the usual residence, and the other business occupation (if any) of such individual;

(f) where the registration to be effected is that of a body corporate, its corporate name and registered or principal office in the State;

(g) the date of the adoption of the business name by that person.

(2) Where a business is carried on under two or more business names, each of those business names must be stated.