1952-HKRS29-8-19_Part01 — Page 31

"business registration certificate" means the certificate issued to a person whose business has been registered by the Director: 'Director" means the Director of Commerce and Industry and also includes any public officer appointed by the Governor to exercise and discharge any or all of the discretions, powers and duties of the Director of Commerce and Industry under this Ordinance;

(Cap. 200). "forgery" has the same meaning us in the Forgery Ordinance; "inspector" means a person appointed in writing by the Director

to be an inspector for the purposes of this Ordinance: "licensed bank" has the same meaning as in the Banking

Ordinance;

(Cap. 155).

Appoint- ments.

Compulsory registra- tion of all perzona carrying

On

business in

the Colony.

Applica- tion for regiatra- tion of businesses

carried on by bodies corporate and unin- corporate.

"register" means the register of businesses kept by the Director.

3. The Governor may appoint, by name or office, officers to exercise any or all of the powers and discretions vested in the Director hereunder and to discharge all or any of the duties required to be discharged by him hereunder.

4. (1) Subject to the provisions of section 5 every person who is carrying on any business in the Colony at the date of the coming into force of this Ordinance shall not later than three months thereafter make written application to the Director for the registration of each and every business so carried on by him.

(2) Subject to the provisions of section 5 every person who subsequent to the coming into force of this Ordinance commences to carry on any business in the Colony shall make like application within one month from commencing to carry on such business.

(3) Every application for registration as aforesaid shall be made in the manner prescribed and shall include all the parti- culars prescribed.

(4) Upon application being duly made the Director shall register in the manner prescribed each and every business in respect of which such application is made.

5.

Whenever any business is carried on by a body of persons corporate or unincorporate the liability imposed by subsections (1) and (2) of section 4 shall be deemed to have been discharged as soon as one application in the prescribed manner has been made.

Power of Director to obtain further

6. It shall be lawful for the Director to summon before him any person upon whom a liability to make an application here under appears to the Director to have been imposed by section 4 informa. and require that person to answer any question which the tion. Director may reasonably consider necessary to ask that person for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Ordinance and of rules made hereunder and the Director may further require any applicant to make such further declaration or supply such further particulars as the Director may reasonably require.

of fees and

7. (1) As soon as conveniently may be after registration of Payment any business the Director shall by writing under his band require issue of the applicant on the date therein specified which shall be not less business than fourteen days as from the date of the requirement to pay tion to the Director the appropriate fee as set out in the First Schedule to this Ordinance.

(2) Upon payment by him of the appropriate fee or, if no fee is payable, then as soon as conveniently may be after registra- tion the Director shall issue to the applicant-

(a) a business registration certificate type 'A' if the person carrying on business carries on one business only at one set of premises; or

(b) a business registration certificate type 'B' if such person carries on either one business only at more than one sel of premises or more than one business whether at the same set of premises or not,

(3) A requirement under subsection (1) shall be deemed to have been properly served upon proof either that it has been handed personally to the applicant or that it has been sent by registered post addressed to him at the address given by him in his application for registration of a business,

(4) For the purposes of this section--

(a) a person shall not be deemed to be carrying on more than one business merely by reason of the fact that he is engaged in more than one activity so long as all the activities are capable of being included in a COMTI- prehensive description describing such activities as one

registra-

certificates.

First Schedule.