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Chapter: | 310
 | Title: | BUSINESS REGISTRATION ORDINANCE | Gazette Number: | L.N. 168 of 2010 |
| Section: | 5 | Heading: | Application for registration | Version Date: | 21/02/2011 |
(1) Every person carrying on any business not registered under the provisions of the Business Regulation Ordinance 1952 (14 of 1952), or commencing to carry on any business, or carrying on any business to which this Ordinance is made to apply shall make application to the Commissioner in the manner prescribed for the registration of that business. (Amended L.N. 88 of 1975; 32 of 1975 s. 3; 79 of 1992 s. 2)
(1A) A person who makes a business registration application may register- (Amended 13 of 2010 s. 5)
- (a) a Chinese name;
(b) an English name; or
(c) both a Chinese name and an English name,
(1B) On making a business registration application, if names under which the same business is carried on, other than those mentioned in subsection (1A), are submitted to the Commissioner, the names are for the purposes of this Ordinance deemed to be the names of separate branches of the business and this Ordinance shall apply to such branches as it applies to a business carried on at a branch of a business. (Added 3 of 1999 s. 5. Amended 13 of 2010 s. 5)
(2) A business registration application shall be made within 1 month of the coming into operation of this Ordinance or of the commencement of such business or of the date on which this Ordinance is made to apply to a business, as the case may be, whichever is the later: (Amended L.N. 88 of 1975; 32 of 1975 s. 3; 56 of 1984 s. 4; 79 of 1992 s. 2; 13 of 2010 s. 5)
Provided that the Commissioner may extend such period if he sees fit.
(3) Every person carrying on business at a branch of a business to which subsection (1) applies shall, except where that branch has been registered under section 6(1A) before its amendment by the Business Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (79 of 1992), make application to the Commissioner in the manner prescribed for the registration of that branch. (Replaced 79 of 1992 s. 2)
(4) A branch registration application shall be made within 1 month of the commencement of business at the branch, or the coming into operation of the Business Registration (Amendment) Ordinance 1992 (79 of 1992), as the case may be, whichever is the later. (Replaced 79 of 1992 s. 2. Amended 13 of 2010 s. 5)
(5) The Commissioner may extend the period referred to in subsection (4) if he thinks fit. (Added 79 of 1992 s. 2)
(6) Subsection (2) does not apply to a simultaneous business registration application. (Added 13 of 2010 s. 5)