Registration of Business Names
REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

CHAPTER 82:85

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Index of Subsidiary Legislation
Page

Business Names Rules (G. 20.9.1923) ... ... ... 15

Note on Adaptation
1. Certain fees in this Chapter were increased by the Commission under paragraph 4 of

the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03). Where this occurs, a marginal
reference in the form normally indicating an amendment is made to LN 51/1980 (the Legal
Notice by which the President’s approval was signified).

2. Under paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule to the Law Revision Act (Ch. 3:03) the
Commission amended certain references to public officers in this Chapter. The Minister’s
approval of the amendments was signified by LN 120/1980, but no marginal reference is
made to this Notice where any such amendment is made in the text.

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REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
SECTION

1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Firms and persons to be registered.

Registrar may remove name of individual or firm from register or
amend same.

4. Registration by nominee, etc.
5. Manner and particulars of registration.
6. Statement to be signed by persons registering.
7. Time for registration.

Change of name.
8. Registration of changes in firm.
9. Penalty for default in registration.

10. Disability of persons in default.
11. Penalty for false statements.
12. Duty to furnish particulars to Registrar.
13. Registrar to file statement and issue certificate of registration.
14. Index to be kept.
15. Removal of names from register.
16. Misleading business names.
17. Registrar.
18. Inspection of statements registered.
19. Minister may make Rules.
20. Publication of true names, etc.
21. Offences by corporations.
22. Recovery of penalties.

SCHEDULE.

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CHAPTER 82:85

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

An Act to provide for the registration of firms and
persons carrying on business under business names
and for purposes connected therewith.

[1ST OCTOBER 1923]

1. This Act may be cited as the Registration of Business
Names Act.

2. (1) In this Act—
“business” includes profession;
“business name” means the name or style under which any

business is carried on, whether in partnership or otherwise;
“Court” means the High Court or a Judge thereof;
“firm” means an unincorporate body of two or more individuals,

or one or more individuals and one or more corporations, or
two or more corporations, who have entered into partnership
with one another with a view to carrying on business
for profit;

“foreign firm” means any firm, individual, or corporation
whose principal place of business is situated outside
the Commonwealth;

“individual” means a natural person and does not include
a corporation;

“initials” includes any recognised abbreviation of a given name;
“Registrar” means the Registrar General;
“showcards” means cards containing or exhibiting articles dealt

with, or samples or representations thereof.
(2) References in this Act to a former given name or

surname shall not, in the case of any person, include a former given
name or surname where that name or surname has been changed
or disused before the person bearing the name had attained the age

1950 Ed.
Ch.31. No. 3.
7 of 1923.

Commencement.

Short title.

Interpretation.

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of eighteen years or has been changed or disused for a period of
not less than twenty years; and, in the case of a married woman,
shall not include the name or surname by which she was known
previous to the marriage.

3. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act—
(a) every firm having a place of business in Trinidad

and Tobago and carrying on business under a
business name which does not consist of the true
surnames of all partners who are individuals and
the corporate names of all partners who are
corporations without any addition other than the
true given names of individual partners or initials
of such given names;

(b) every individual having a place of business in
Trinidad and Tobago and carrying on business
under a business name which does not consist of
his true surname without any addition other than
his true given names or the initials thereof;

(c) every individual or firm having a place of
business in Trinidad and Tobago who, or a
member of which, has either before or after the
commencement of this Act changed his name,
except in the case of a woman in consequence
of marriage,

shall be registered in the manner directed by this Act.

(2) (a) Where the addition merely indicates that
the business is carried on in succession to a former owner of
the business, that addition shall not of itself render
registration necessary.

(b) Where two or more individual partners have the
same surname, the addition of an “s” at the end of that surname
shall not of itself render registration necessary.

(c) Where the business is carried on by a trustee in
bankruptcy or the Official Receiver or a receiver or manager
appointed by the Court, registration shall not be necessary.

Firms and
persons to be
registered.

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(d) A purchase or acquisition of property by two or
more persons as joint tenants or tenants in common is not of itself
to be deemed carrying on a business whether or not the owners
share any profits arising from the sale thereof.

(3) (a) An individual or firm shall not require to be
registered under this Act by reason only of a change of his name,
or of the name of a member of the firm, if the change has taken
place before the person who has changed his name has attained
the age of eighteen years or if not less than twenty years have
elapsed since it took place.

(b) Where by virtue of paragraph (a) an individual
or firm registered prior to 16th of February 1950 no longer requires
to be so registered—

(i) the Registrar, if so requested by the
individual or firm, shall remove him or it
from the register; and

(ii) section 13 shall no longer require the
individual or firm to keep exhibited the
certificate of registration or a copy thereof,

and where, in any other case, the particulars registered prior to the
above-mentioned date in respect of any individual or firm include
a former name or surname which by virtue of paragraph (a) no
longer requires to be included among those particulars, the
Registrar, if so requested by the individual or firm, shall amend
the particulars by leaving out that name or surname.

4. Where a firm, individual, or corporation having a place of
business within Trinidad and Tobago carries on the business wholly
or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person, or other
persons, or another corporation, or acts as general agent for any
foreign firm, the first mentioned firm, individual, or corporation
shall be registered in manner provided by this Act and, in addition
to the other particulars required to be furnished and registered,
there shall be furnished and registered the particulars mentioned
in the Schedule but where the business is carried on by a trustee in
bankruptcy or the Official Receiver or a receiver or manager
appointed by the Court, registration under this section shall not
be necessary.

Registrar may
remove name of
individual or
firm from
register or
amend same.

Registration by
nominee, etc.

Schedule.

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5. (1) Every firm or person required under this Act to be
registered shall furnish to the Registrar a statement in writing in
the prescribed form containing the following particulars:

(a) the business name;
(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 given name and surname, any
former given name or surname, the nationality,
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 of every corporation
which is a partner;

(e) where the registration to be effected is that of an
individual, the present given name and surname,
any former given name or surname, the
nationality, the usual residence, and the other
business occupation (if any) of such individual;

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

(g) if the business is commenced after the
commencement of this Act, the date of the
commencement of the business.

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

6. The statement required for the purpose of registration must
in the case of an individual be signed by him, and in the case of a
corporation by a director or secretary thereof, and in the case of a
firm either by all the individuals who are partners, and by a director
or the secretary of all corporations which are partners or by some
individual who is a partner, or a director or the secretary of some
corporation which is a partner, and in either of the last two cases
must be verified by a statutory declaration made by the signatory.

Manner and
particulars of
registration.

Statement to be
signed by
persons
registering.

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No such statutory declaration stating that any person other than
the declarant is a partner, or omitting to state that any person other
than as aforesaid is a partner, shall be evidence for or against any
such other person in respect of his liability or non-liability as a
partner, and the Court may, on application of any person alleged
or claiming to be a partner, direct the rectification of the register
and decide any question arising under this section.

7. (1) The particulars required to be furnished under this Act
shall be furnished within fourteen days after the firm or person
commences business, or the business in respect of which
registration is required, as the case may be.

(2) This section shall apply, in the case where registration
is required in consequence of a change of name, as if for references
to the date of the commencement of the business there were
substituted references to the date of the change.

8. Whenever a change is made or occurs in any of the
particulars registered in respect of any firm or person, the firm or
person shall, within fourteen days after the change, or such longer
period as the Registrar may, on application being made in any
particular case, whether before or after the expiration of such
fourteen days, allow, furnish to the Registrar a statement in writing
in the prescribed form specifying the nature and date of the change
signed, and where necessary verified, in like manner as the
statement required on registration.

9. If any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a
statement of particulars or of any change in particulars shall without
reasonable excuse make default in so doing in the manner and
within the time specified by this Act, every partner in the firm or
the person so in default is liable to a fine of two hundred dollars
for every day during which the default continues, and the Magistrate
shall order a statement of the required particulars or change in the
particulars to be furnished to the Registrar within such time as
may be specified in the order.

Time for
registration.

Change of
name.

Registration of
changes in firm.

Penalty for
default in
registration.

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10. (1) Where any firm or person by this Act required to
furnish a statement of particulars or of any change in particulars
has made default in so doing, then the rights of that defaulter under
or arising out of any contract made or entered into by or on behalf
of the defaulter in relation to the business in respect to the carrying
on of which particulars were required to be furnished at any time
while he is in default shall not be enforceable by action or other
legal proceeding either in the business name or otherwise.

(2) (a) The defaulter may apply to the Court for relief
against the disability imposed by this section, and the Court, on
being satisfied that the default was accidental, or due to
inadvertence or some other sufficient cause, or that on other grounds
it is just and equitable to grant relief, may grant such relief either
generally or as respects any particular contracts, on condition of
the costs of the application being paid by the defaulter, unless the
Court otherwise orders, and on such other conditions (if any) as
the Court may impose, but such relief shall not be granted except
on such service and such publication of notice of the application
as the Court may order, nor shall relief be given in respect of any
contract if any party to the contract proves to the satisfaction of
the Court that, if this Act had been complied with, he would not
have entered into the contract.

(b) Nothing herein contained shall prejudice the
rights of any other parties as against the defaulter in respect of
such contract as aforesaid.

(c) If any action or proceeding is commenced by any
other party against the defaulter to enforce the rights of such party
in respect of such contract, nothing herein contained shall preclude
the defaulter from enforcing in that action or proceeding, by way
of counterclaim, set off, or otherwise, such rights as he may have
against that party in respect of the contract.

(3) Without prejudice to the power of the Court to grant
such relief as aforesaid, if any proceeding to enforce any contract
is commenced by a defaulter in a Petty Civil Court, such last named
Court may, as respects that contract, grant such relief as aforesaid.

Disability of
persons in
default.

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11. Where any statement required to be furnished under this
Act contains any matter which is false in any material particular to
the knowledge of any person signing it, that person is liable to a
fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

12. (1) The Registrar may require any person to furnish to
him such particulars as he thinks necessary for the purpose of
ascertaining whether or not the person or the firm of which he is
partner should be registered under this Act, or an alteration made
in the registered particulars, and may also, in the case of a
corporation, require the secretary, or any other officer of a
corporation performing the duties of secretary, to furnish such
particulars, and any person who, when so required, fails to supply
such particulars as it is in his power to give, or furnishes particulars
which are false in any material particular, is liable to a fine of one
thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

(2) Where, from any information so furnished, it appears
to the Registrar that any firm or person ought to be registered under
this Act, or an alteration ought to be made in the registered
particulars, the Registrar may require the firm or person to furnish
to him the required particulars within such time as may be allowed
by the Registrar, but, where any default under this Act has been
discovered from the information acquired under this section, no
proceedings under this Act shall be taken against any person in
respect of the default prior to the expiration of the time within
which the firm or person is required by the Registrar under this
section to furnish particulars to him.

13. On receiving any statement or statutory declaration made
in pursuance of this Act, the Registrar shall cause the same to be
filed, and he shall send by post or deliver a certificate of the
registration thereof to the firm or person registering, and the
certificate or a certified copy thereof shall be kept exhibited in a
conspicuous position at the principal place of business of the firm
or individual, and, if not kept so exhibited, every partner in the
firm or the person, as the case may be, is liable to a fine of one
thousand dollars.

Penalty for
false statements.

Duty to furnish
particulars to
Registrar.

Registrar to file
statement and
issue certificate
of registration.

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14. The Registrar shall keep an index of all the firms and
persons registered under this Act.

15. (1) If any firm or individual registered under this Act
ceases to carry on business, it shall be the duty of the persons who
were partners in the firm at the time when it ceased to carry on
business, or of the individual, or, if he is dead, his personal
representative, within three months after the business has ceased
to be carried on, to deliver to the Registrar notice in the prescribed
form that the firm or individual has ceased to carry on business,
and any person whose duty it is to give the notice and who fails to
do so within such time as aforesaid, is liable to a fine of one
thousand dollars.

(2) On receipt of the notice as aforesaid the Registrar may
remove the firm or individual from the register.

(3) Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe
that any firm or individual registered under this Act is not carrying
on business, he may send to the firm or individual by registered
post a notice that, unless an answer is received to the notice within
one month from the date thereof, the firm or individual may be
removed from the register.

(4) If the Registrar either receives an answer from the
firm or individual to the effect that the firm or individual is not
carrying on business, or does not, within one month after sending
the notice, receive an answer, he may remove the firm or individual
from the register.

16. (1) Where any business name under which the business
of a firm or individual is carried on contains the word
“Commonwealth” or any other word which, in the opinion of the
Registrar, is calculated to lead to the belief that the business is
under Commonwealth ownership or control, and the Registrar is
satisfied that the nationality of the persons by whom the business
is wholly or mainly owned or controlled is at any time such that
the name is misleading, the Registrar shall refuse to register the
business name, or, as the case may be, remove the business name

Index to
be kept.

Removal of
names from
register.

Misleading
business names.

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from the register, but any person aggrieved by a decision of the
Registrar under this provision may appeal to the Minister, whose
decision shall be final.

(2) The registration of a business name under this Act
shall not be construed as authorising the use of that name if, apart
from the registration, the use thereof could be prohibited.

(3) The power conferred by this section on the Registrar
to refuse registration of a business name shall extend to any name
which is in his opinion undesirable.

(4) Where registration of a business name is refused under
this section, any person carrying on business under that name is
liable under section 9 to the same penalties as if he had without
reasonable excuse made default in furnishing a statement of
particulars with respect to that name.

17. The Registrar General shall be the Registrar for the
purposes of this Act.

18. (1) Any person may inspect the documents filed by the
Registrar on payment of such fees as may be prescribed not
exceeding fifty cents for each inspection; and any person may
require a certificate of the registration of any firm or person, or a
copy of or extract from any registered statement, to be certified by
the Registrar, and there shall be paid for the certificate of
registration, certified copy, or extract such fees as may be
prescribed, not exceeding one dollar and fifty cents for the
certificate of registration, and not exceeding twenty-five cents for
each folio of seventy-two words, of the entry, copy, or extract.

(2) A certificate of registration, or a copy of or extract
from any statement registered under this Act, if duly certified to
be a true copy or extract under the hand of the Registrar (whom it
shall not be necessary to prove to be the Registrar), shall, in all
legal proceedings, civil or criminal, be received in evidence.

19. (1) The Minister may make Rules concerning any of the
following matters:

(a) the fees to be paid to the Registrar under this Act;

Registrar.

Inspection of
statements
registered.
[2/1963].

Minister may
make Rules.
[2/1963
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(b) the forms to be used under this Act;
(c) the duties to be performed by the Registrar under

this Act; and
(d) generally, the conduct and regulation of

registration under this Act, and any matters
incidental thereto.

(2) All fees payable in pursuance of any such Rules shall
be paid to the Comptroller of Accounts.

20. (1) Every individual and firm required by this Act to be
registered shall, in all trade catalogues, trade circulars,
showcards, and business letters, on or in which the business name
appears and which are issued or sent by the individual or firm to
any person in any Commonwealth territory, have mentioned in
legible characters—

(a) in the case of an individual, his present given
name or the initials thereof, and present surname,
any former given name or surname, his nationality
if not a Commonwealth citizen; and

(b) in the case of a firm, the present given names or
the initials thereof and present surnames, any
former given names and surnames, and the
nationality if not a Commonwealth citizen, of all
the partners in the firm or, in the case of a
corporation being a partner, the corporate name.

(2) If default is made in compliance with this section the
individual or, as the case may be, every member of the firm is
liable for each offence to a fine of two hundred dollars; but no
proceedings shall be instituted under this section except by or with
the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.

21. Where a corporation is guilty of an offence under this Act,
every director, secretary, and officer of the corporation who is
knowingly a party to the default is guilty of a like offence and
liable to a like penalty.

Publication of
true names, etc.
[172/1961
8/1962
136/1976].

Offences by
corporations.

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22. All offences under this Act may be prosecuted, and all
penalties incurred may be imposed or recovered in the manner
provided by the Summary Courts Act.

SCHEDULE

Recovery of
penalties.

Ch. 4:20.

Section 4.

Description of Firm, etc. The additional particulars.

Where the firm,
i n d i v i d u a l , o r
corporation required
to be registered
carries on business as
nominee or trustee.

Where the firm,
i n d i v i d u a l , o r
corporation required
to be registered carries
on business as
general agent for any
foreign firm.

The present given name and surname, any former
name, nationality, and usual residence, or, as the
case may be, the corporate name, of every person
or corporation on whose behalf the business is
carried on; but if the business is carried on under
any trust and any of the beneficiaries are a class of
children or other persons, a description of the class
shall be sufficient.

The business name and address of the firm or person
as agent for whom the business is carried on; but
if the business is carried on as agent for three or
more foreign firms it shall be sufficient to state
the fact that the business is so carried on, specifying
the countries in which the foreign firms carry
on business.

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SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION

BUSINESS NAMES RULES

ARRANGEMENT OF RULES
RULE

1. Citation.
2. Registrar.

PROCEDURE UNDER SECTION 16
3. Refusal to register or remove business name.
4. Absence of notice of appeal.

APPEALS TO THE MINISTER
5. Notice of appeal.
6. Documents to be delivered by appellant.
7. Decision in writing.
8. Time.

FEES
9. Fees.

FORMS
10. Forms.

SCHEDULE.

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BUSINESS NAMES RULES

made under section 19

1. These Rules may be cited as the Business Names Rules.

2. Whenever any act is by the Act required to be done by the
Registrar, the act shall be done by the Registrar General or by a
Deputy Registrar General.

PROCEDURE UNDER SECTION 16

3. Where the Registrar, pursuant to section 16(1) of the Act,
decides to refuse to register any business name or, as the case may
be, to remove any business name from the register, he shall send
by post to the firm or individual applying for registration or, as
the case may be, registered in respect of the business name, a notice
in writing of the decision, and the notice shall contain a statement
that any person aggrieved by the decision may appeal to the
Minister within twenty-one days of the notice.

4. If within twenty-one days from the date of the notice of a
decision of the Registrar under section 16(1) of the Act to remove
a business name from the register, no notice of appeal from the
decision is received by the Registrar, or if on appeal the decision
of the Registrar is upheld, the Registrar shall remove the business
name from the register in accordance with his decision.

APPEALS TO THE MINISTER

5. Any person intending to appeal to the Minister from any
decision of the Registrar under section 16(1) of the Act shall, within
twenty-one days of the date of the notice of the decision, deliver to
the Registrar a notice of appeal in Form 10. The notice shall be
accompanied by a statement of the grounds of appeal and of the
appellant’s case in support thereof.

6. A copy of the notice of appeal, together with a copy of the
statement of the grounds of appeal and of the case in support

G.20.9.1923.
[2/1963
21/1963
45 of 1979
51/1980
4/l985
6 of 1993
3 of 1994].

Citation.

Registrar.

Refusal to
register or
remove business
name.

Absence of
notice of appeal.

Notice of
appeal.

Form 10.

Documents to
be delivered
by appellant.

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thereof, and a copy of the notice of the Registrar’s decision shall
at the same time be delivered by the appellant to the Minister.

7. The decision of the Minister shall be communicated to the
appellant in writing.

8. The time prescribed in these Rules for doing any act
thereunder by or to the Registrar, or by or to the Minister may be
enlarged by the Minister upon such terms as he may direct, and
the enlargement may be granted though the time has expired for
doing such act.

FEES

9. The fees to be paid to the Registrar under the Act are—
(a) on a Statement of Particulars required

by section 5 of the Act, the sum of two
hundred dollars;

(b) on any Statement of Particulars required by the
Schedule to the Act when such particulars are
not furnished with the Statement of Particulars
required by section 5 of the Act, the sum of
twenty dollars;

(c) on a statement of any change within the meaning
of section 8 of the Act, the sum of eighty dollars;

(d) for inspecting under the provisions of section 18
of the Act the documents filed by the Registrar,
the sum of twenty dollars;

(e) on the application of any person requiring under
section 18 of the Act a certificate of registration
of any firm, individual or corporation or a certified
copy of or extract from any registered statement—

(i) certificate of registration … 20.00
(ii) certified copy or extract … 20.00

(f) on appeal to the Minister from a decision of
the Registrar, the sum of two hundred dollars;

$ ¢.

Decision in
writing.

Time.

Fees.
[6 of 1993
3 of 1994].

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(g) for search of a name, the sum of twenty dollars;
(h) for a certificate of registration issued under

section 13, the sum of twenty dollars;
(i) for a certificate of change, except for a change

relating to ownership, the sum of twenty dollars;
(j) for a certificate issued in respect of a change of

ownership, the sum of twenty dollars;
(k) for any further search of a name after

expiration of initial approval period, the sum
of twenty dollars,

and such fees as are payable under paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) shall
cover the issue of one certificate of the registration of the statement.

FORMS

10. The forms in the Schedule, with such variations as the
circumstances of each case require, shall be the forms to be used
under the Act.

Forms
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SCHEDULE
FORM 1

The Statement must be delivered to the Registrar General in Port-of-Spain.

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION BY AN INDIVIDUAL
[See Sec. 3(1)(b) and (c)]

I, the undersigned hereby apply for registration pursuant to the provisions of the
Registration of Business Names Act and for that purpose furnish the following statement
of particulars:

(1) The business name

(2) The general nature of the business

(3) The principal place of the business

(4) The present given name (or names)
and surname of the individual.

(5) Any former given name (or names) or
surname of the individual. (See note)

Note—References in this Act to a former given name or surname shall not, in the
case of natural-born Commonwealth citizens, include a former given name or surname
where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years; and, in the case of a married woman, shall
not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.

(6) The nationality of the individual

(7) The nationality of origin of the
individual, if not the same as the
present nationality

(8) The usual residence of the individual

(9) The other business occupation (if any)
of the individual

(10) The date of the commencement of the
business, if the business was commenced
after the date of the commencement of
the Act

Rule 10.

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(11) Any other business name or names
under which the business is carried on

Dated this .................... day of ....................... 20.......
(Signature)

(See Note).
Note—This Statement must in all cases be signed by the individual applying

for registration.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of Particulars
within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the Act entail
liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during which the
default continues; and any Statement which contains any matter which is false in any
material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it will entail liability on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

Where the individual applying for registration carries on the business wholly or
mainly as Nominee or Trustee of or for another person or other persons or a corporation,
or acts as general agent for any foreign firm, the additional particulars specified in
Form 4 must also be furnished on the Form and delivered to the Registrar in the manner
and within the times before specified.

FORM 2

The Statement must be delivered to the Registrar General in Port-of-Spain.

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION BY A FIRM
[See Sec. 3(1)(a) and (c)]

[Insert name of firm] .......................... hereby apply for registration under the
provisions of the Registration of Business Names Act and for that purpose furnish the
following statement of Particulars:

1. The business name

2. The general nature of the business
3. The principal place of the business
4. The date of the commencement

of the business if the business was
commenced after the date of the
commencement of the Act

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5. Any other business name or names
under which the business is carried on

6. The present given name or names
and surname of every individual who
is—and the corporate name of every
corporation which is—a partner in
the firm

7. Any former given name or names or
surname of every individual partner
in the firm. (See note)

8. The nationality of every individual
partner in the firm

9. The nationality of origin (if other
than the present nationality) of every
individual partner in the firm

10. The usual residence of every
individual who is—and the
registered or principal office of
every corporation which is—a
partner in the firm

11. The other business occupation (if
any) of every individual partner in
the firm

Dated the .................... day of ............... 20.....
Signatures

[For instructions as to signatures, see Note]

Note—This Statement must in all cases be signed either—
(a) by all the individuals who are partners and by a Director or the

Secretary of each Corporation which is a Partner; or
(b) (1) by some individual who is a Partner, or

(2) by a Director or the Secretary of some Corporation which is
a Partner,

and in either of the cases (b)(1) and (2) must be verified by a Statutory Declaration made
by the Signatory.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of Particulars
within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the Act entail
liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during which the
default continues; and any Statement which contains any matter which is false in any
material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it will entail liability on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

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Where the individual applying for registration carries on the business wholly or
mainly as Nominee or Trustee of or for another person or other persons or a Corporation,
or acts as general agent for any foreign firm, the additional particulars specified in
Form 4 must also be furnished on such Form and delivered to the Registrar in the
manner and within the times before specified.

Note—References in this Act to a former given name or surname shall not, in the
case of natural-born Commonwealth citizens, include a former given name or surname
where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years; and, in the case of a married woman, shall
not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.

FORM 3

The Statement must be delivered to the Registrar General in Port-of-Spain.

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION BY
A CORPORATION

having a place of business in Trinidad and Tobago and carrying on the business wholly
or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person or other persons or another
Corporation or acting as general agent for any foreign firm.

[Insert name of corporation] .................. hereby apply for registration under the
provisions of the Registration of Business Names Act, and for that purpose furnish the
following statement of particulars:

1. The business name
2. The general nature of the business
3. The principal place of the business
4. The date of the commencement of

the business, if the business was
commenced after the date of the
commencement of the Act

5. The other name or names (if any)
under which the business is
carried on

6. The corporate name of the
corporation applying for registration

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7. The registered or principal office of
the corporation applying for
registration

The following Statement of Additional particulars (8), (9), (10), (11), (12) and (13),
is to be furnished in respect of the carrying on by the Corporation of the business wholly
or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person or other persons or another
Corporation, provided that if the business is carried on under any trust and any of the
beneficiaries are a class of children or other persons, then the particulars required
under (13) only need be furnished.

8. The present given name or names and
surname or the corporate name of
every person or corporation on whose
behalf the business is carried on

9. Any former name or names of any
person on whose behalf the business
is carried on (See Note)

10. The nationality of every person on
whose behalf the business is
carried on

11. The nationality of origin of every
person on whose behalf the business
is carried on if other than the
present nationality

12. The usual residence of every person
on whose behalf the business is
carried on

13. Description of the Class of
beneficiaries

Note—Reference in this Act to a former given name or surname shall not, in the
case of natural-born Commonwealth citizens, include a former given name or surname
where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years, and, in the case of a married woman, shall
not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.

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The further following Statement of Additional Particulars is to be furnished in
respect of any Corporation having a place of business within Trinidad and Tobago and
acting as General Agent for any *foreign firm:

14. The business name and address of
the foreign firm as agent for whom
the business is carried on

If the business is carried on as Agent for three or more foreign firms it is sufficient
to state the fact that the business is so carried on, specifying the countries in
which such foreign firms carry on business.

Dated the .................. day of .........................., 20.......

Signature
[For instructions as to signing, see Note]

*“Foreign firm” means any firm, individual or corporation whose principal place
of business is situated outside the Commonwealth.

Note—This statement must in all cases be signed by a Director or the Secretary of
the Corporation applying for registration.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of Particulars
within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the Act, entail
liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during which the
default continues, and where a Corporation is guilty of an offence under this Act, every
Director, Secretary and Officer of the Corporation who is knowingly a party to the default
will be guilty of a like offence and liable to a like penalty. Any Statement which
contains any matter which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of any
person signing it will entail liability on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three months.

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FORM 4

The Business Name
No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS TO
BE FURNISHED BY AN INDIVIDUAL PURSUANT TO

SECTION 4 OF THE ACT.
1. Where any individual having a place of business in Trinidad and Tobago carries

on the business wholly or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person or other
persons or a corporation, the particulars required under (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) must be
furnished, provided that if the business is carried on under any trust and any of the
beneficiaries are a class of children or other persons, then the particulars required
under (6) only need be furnished.

1. The present given name or names and
surname or the corporate name of every
person or corporation on whose behalf
the business is carried on

2. Any former name or names of any
person on whose behalf the business is
carried on (See Note)

3. The nationality of every person on
whose behalf the business is carried on

4. The nationality of origin of every
person on whose behalf the business is
carried on, if other than the present
nationality

5. The usual residence of every person on
whose behalf the business is carried on

6. Description of class of beneficiaries

Note—References in this Act to a former given name or surname shall not, in the
case of natural-born Commonwealth citizens, include a former given name or surname
where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years; and in the case of a married woman, shall
not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.

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2. Where any individual having a place of business within Trinidad and Tobago
acts as general agent for any *foreign firm the following particulars must be furnished:

The business name and address of the
foreign firm as agent for whom the business
is carried on

*“Foreign firm” means any firm, individual or Corporation whose principal place
of business is situated outside the Commonwealth.

If the business is carried on as agent for three or more foreign firms, it is sufficient
to state the fact that the business is so carried on, specifying the countries in which such
foreign firms carry on business.

Dated the ...................... day of ............................, 20.......

Signature
[For instructions as to signing, see Note]

Note—This Statement must in all cases be signed by the individual applying
for registration.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of Particulars
within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the Act, entail
liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during which the
default continues; and any Statement which contains any matter which is false in any
material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it will entail liability on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

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FORM 5

The Business Name

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS TO BE
FURNISHED BY A FIRM PURSUANT TO

SECTION 4 OF THE ACT

1. Where any firm having a place of business in Trinidad and Tobago carries on
the business wholly or mainly as nominee or trustee of or for another person or other
persons or a Corporation, the particulars required under (1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) must be
furnished, provided, that if the business is carried on under any trust and any of the
beneficiaries are a class of children or other persons, then the particulars required under
(6) only need be furnished.

1. The present given name or names and
surname or the corporate name of every
person or Corporation on whose behalf
the business is carried on

2. Any former name or names of any
person on whose behalf the business is
carried on (See Note)

3. The nationality of every person on
whose behalf the business is carried on

4. The nationality of origin of every person
on whose behalf the business is carried
on if other than the present nationality

5. The usual residence of every person
on whose behalf the business is
carried on

6. Description of class of beneficiaries

Note—Reference in this Act to a former given name or surname shall not, in the
case of natural-born Commonwealth citizens, include a former given name or surname
where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the
name had attained the age of eighteen years; and, in the case of a married woman, shall
not include the name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.

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2. Where any firm having a place of business in Trinidad and Tobago acts as
General Agent for any foreign firm* the following particulars must be furnished:

The business name and address of the
foreign firm as agent for whom the business
is carried on

If the business is carried on as Agent for three or more foreign firms it is sufficient to
state the fact that the business is so carried on, specifying the countries in which such
foreign firms carry on business.

Dated the ..................... day of ................, 20.......

Signatures
[For instructions as to signing, etc., see Note]

*“Foreign firm” means any firm, individual or Corporation whose principal place
of business is situated outside the Commonwealth.

Note—This Statement must in all cases be signed either—

(a) by all the Individuals who are Partners and by a Director or the
Secretary of every Corporation which is a Partner; or

(b) (1) by some individual who is a partner, or

(2) by a Director or the Secretary of some Corporation which is
a Partner,

and in either of the cases (b)(1) and (2) must be verified by a Statutory Declaration
made by the Signatory.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of Particulars
within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the Act, entail
liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during which the
default continues; and any Statement which contains any matter which is false in any
material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it will entail liability on
conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment for three months.

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FORM 6

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 OF
THE ABOVE ACT OF NATURE OF CHANGE IN

THE PARTICULARS REGISTERED BY AN INDIVIDUAL
AND DATE OF CHANGE

The following is a Statement of a change (and of the date of such change) which
has been made or has occurred in the particulars registered in respect of:

[Here insert business name of individual.]
[Here insert nature and date of change.]

Dated the ........................... day of ..................., 20......

Signature
[For instructions as to signing, see Note]

Note—This Statement must be signed by the Individual, and when signed must be
delivered to the Registrar General within fourteen days after any change in any of the
particulars registered or within such longer period as the Minister may on application
being made in any particular case, whether before or after the expiration of such fourteen
days, allow.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of any change
in the particulars registered within the specified time will, in addition to any disability
imposed by the Act, entail liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for
every day during which the default continues, and any statement which contains any
matter which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of any person signing it
will entail liability on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment
for three months.

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FORM 7

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 OF THE
ABOVE ACT OF NATURE OF CHANGE IN

THE PARTICULARS REGISTERED BY A FIRM
AND DATE OF CHANGE

The following is a Statement of a change (and of the date of such change) which
has been made or has occurred in the particulars registered in respect of:

[Here insert business name of firm.]
[Here insert nature and date of change.]

Dated the ............................. day of ..........................., 20.......

Signatures
[For instructions as to signing, etc., see Note]

Note—This Statement must be signed either—
(a) by all the individuals who are Partners, and by a Director or the

Secretary of any Corporation which is a Partner; or
(b) (1) by some individual who is a partner,

(2) by a Director or the Secretary of some Corporation which is
a Partner,

and in either of cases (b)(1) and (2) must be verified by a statutory Declaration made
by the Signatory.

This Statement, when signed must be delivered to the Registrar General within
fourteen days after any change in any of the particulars registered or within such longer
period as the Minister may, on application being made in any particular case, whether
before or after the expiration of such fourteen days, allow.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of any change
of the particulars registered within the time specified will in addition to any disability
imposed by the Act, entail liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for
every day during which the default continues, and any statement which contains any
matter which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of any person signing
it, will entail liability on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars and to imprisonment
for three months.

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FORM 8

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 8 OF
THE ABOVE ACT OF NATURE OF CHANGE IN

THE PARTICULARS REGISTERED BY
A CORPORATION AND DATE OF CHANGE

The following is a Statement of a change (and of the date of such change) which
has been made or has occurred in the particulars registered in respect of:

[Here insert name of Corporation.]
[Here insert nature and date of change.]

Dated the ........................day of ....................20......

Signature
[For instructions as to signing, etc., see Note]

Note—This Statement must be signed by a Director or Secretary of the Corporation
and, when signed, must be delivered to the Registrar General within fourteen days after
any change in any of the particulars registered, or within such longer period as the Minister
may on application being made in any particular case, whether before or after the
expiration of such fourteen days, allow.

Failure without reasonable excuse to furnish the required Statement of any change
in particulars within the time specified will, in addition to any disability imposed by the
Act entail liability on conviction to a fine of two hundred dollars for every day during
which the default continues, and every Director, Secretary or Officer of the Corporation
who is knowingly party to the default will be liable to a like penalty. Any Statement
which contains any matter which is false in any material particular to the knowledge of
any person signing it will entail liability on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars
and to imprisonment for three months.

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FORM 9

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

NOTICE PURSUANT TO SECTION 15 OF THE ACT OF
CESSATION OF BUSINESS BY A REGISTERED FIRM

OR INDIVIDUAL

Notice is hereby given that .......................... [Here insert name and address of firm
or individual as the case may be] of ..........................., ceased to carry on business on the
................................. day of ................ 20.......

Dated the ....................... day of ......................., 20......

Signature or
Signatures.

To the Registrar General.

Note—This notice must in the case of a firm be signed by the persons who were
partners of the firm at the time when it ceased to carry on business or, in the case of an
individual, by the individual, except in the case of the death of an individual, when it
must be signed by the personal representative of the deceased, and must in either case be
delivered to the Registrar General within three calendar months after the business has
ceased to be carried on.

Failure to give the required notice within the time above specified entails liability
on conviction to a fine of one thousand dollars.

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FORM 10

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

FORM OF APPEAL FROM THE DECISION OF
THE REGISTRAR UNDER SECTION 16(1)

I (We) ....................... [Insert full name and address of appellant] of ...........................,
hereby give notice of appeal to the Minister from the decision of the Registrar dated the
.................... day of ........................., 20......, whereby he decided ....................[Insert the
decision complained of].

Accompanying this notice is a statement of the grounds of appeal and of my (our)
case for the decision of the Minister.

Dated the ....................... day of ........................, 20.......
(Signed)

To the Registrar General,
Port-of-Spain.

This notice must be delivered within twenty-one days of the date of the notice of
the Registrar’s decision, to the Registrar, together with a statement of the grounds of
appeal and of the appellant’s case in support thereof.

A copy of this notice of appeal, together with copies of the statement of the grounds
of appeal and the case in support thereof, and a copy of the Registrar’s decision must at
the same time be sent by the appellant to the Minister.

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FORM 11

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

FORM OF STATUTORY DECLARATION VERIFYING A
STATEMENT FURNISHED UNDER THE ACT

I ........................., of ..........................., do hereby solemnly and sincerely declare
that all the particulars contained in the Statement dated the .............................day of
............................... 20....., and signed by me which is now produced and shown to me
marked ............................... are true.

I make this Declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and according
to the Statutory Declarations Act, and I am aware that if there is any statement in this
declaration which is false in fact, which I know or believe to be false or do not believe to
be true, I am liable to fine and imprisonment.

FORM 12

No. of Certificate

REGISTRATION OF BUSINESS NAMES ACT

CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION

I hereby certify that a Statement ........................... furnished by ........................,
of............................, pursuant to section .............................. of the above-mentioned
Act was registered on the ........................... day of ...................... 20.......

Dated this ..................... day of ..................... 20......

Registrar General.

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