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Business Registration
[1987 Ed.
(56 of 1984.) [*1.10.84.]
Registration of business and issue of business registration certificate. (14 of 1952.)
Provided that the Commissioner may extend such period if he sees fit.
(3) (a) Subject to paragraph (b), every person carrying on business at a branch of a business to which subsection (1) applies shall notify the Commissioner in writing.
(b) Paragraph (a) shall, in the case of a branch of a business in respect of which a valid business registration certificate had been issued before the date* of the coming into operation of the Business Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 1984, apply only upon the first expiry of that valid business registration certificate after that date. (Replaced, 56 of 1984, s. 4. Amended, 12 of 1985, s. 29(1))
(4) Notification under subsection (3) shall be made within 1 month of the commencement of business at a branch or the date on which subsection (3) begins to apply to such branch whichever is the later:
Provided that the Commissioner may extend such period if he thinks fit. (Added, 56 of 1984, s. 4)
6. (1) Upon application being made under section 5(1) the Commissioner shall register each business in the manner prescribed. (1A) Upon notice being given under section 5(3) the Commissioner shall register each branch in the manner prescribed. (Added, 56 of 1984, s. 5)
(2) Businesses registered under the Business Regulation Ordinance 1952 shall for the purposes of this Ordinance be deemed to have been registered under this section.
(3) Upon payment of the prescribed business registration fee and levy under section 7 or under an order of a magistrate under section 15 or upon the granting of an exemption under section 9 the Commissioner shall issue a business registration certificate in respect of each business.
(3A) Upon payment of the prescribed branch registration fee and the levy under section 7 or under an order of a magistrate made under section 15 the Commissioner shall issue a branch registration certificate in respect of the branch. (Added, 56 of 1984, s. 5)
(4) The Commissioner shall not be required to make any entry in his register or to issue any business registration certificate in respect of any business which is unlawful.
(5) A business registration certificate and a branch registration certificate shall be valid until the expiry date endorsed thereon, and no such certificate shall be valid unless it bears an endorsement to the effect that--
(a) the prescribed business registration fee or the prescribed branch registration fee, as the case may be, and the levy have been paid; or (Replaced, 56 of 1984, s. 5)