Last Updated: 24 June 2022

[COM 34] Application for registration34 

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(1) To register a business name, a person must lodge an application with the Registrar in the prescribed form.
(2) Where a business is carried on under 2 or more business names, each of those business names must be registered.
(3) The application must be signed—
  • (a)in the case of an application by an individual, by the individual;
  • (b)in the case of an application by a firm, by all the individuals who are partners, by all foreign companies which are partners and in accordance with section 53 by all companies which are partners; or
  • (c)in the case of an application by a foreign company or company, by the foreign company or in accordance with section 53 by the company.

[subs (3) am Act 23 of 2019 s 3, effective 15 January 2020]