Interpretation

(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires“business” includes profession; “business name” means the name or style under which any business is carried on, whether in partnership or otherwise; “Christian name” includes any forename; “court” means the Supreme Court or a judge thereof; “firm” means an un-incorporate 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; 6 “foreign firm” means any firm, individual, or corporation whose principal place of business is situate outside any Commonwealth country; “individual” means a natural person and does not include a “initials” includes any recognised abbreviation of a christian name; “Minister” means the Minister responsible for finance; “Registrar” means the Registrar of Companies and Corporate Affairs. (2) References in this Act to a former christian name or surname shall not, in the case of natural-born Belizean citizens, include a former christian 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. (3) References in this Act to a change of name shall not include, in the case of natural-born Belizean citizens, a change of name which has taken place before the person whose name has been changed has attained the age of eighteen years.