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Publication of true names, etc
Cap. 247, s. 19 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) Every individual and firm required by this Act to be registered shall, in all trade catalogues, trade circulars, 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 or firm outside Belize, have mentioned in legible characters–
(a) in the case of an individual, his present christian name or the initials thereof, and present surname; and
(b) in the case of a firm, the present christian names or the initials thereof and present surnames, of all the partners in the firm or, in the case of a corporation being a partner, the corporate name.
(2) Where default is made in compliance with this section,
the individual or, as the case may be, every member of the firm,
is on summary conviction liable for each offence to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.
(3) No proceedings shall be instituted under this section except by or with the consent of the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Amended by: 1 of 1969
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