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2012-03-02Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Act, 2012
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Republic of Ghana


The one hundred and fifty-first

Act

of the parliament of the republic of ghana
entitled

Registration of Business Names Act, 1962 (as amended)

  • Assented to on 20 November 1962
  • Commenced on 1 January 1963 by Act 152 of 1962
  1. [Amended by Registration of Business Names (Amendment) Act, 2012 (Act 837 of 2012) on 2 March 2012]
AN ACT to consolidate with amendments the law relating to the registration of business names.

1. Persons to be Registered.

(1)Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of this section, there shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of this Act the following persons, that is to say,
(a)every individual having a place of business in Ghana who,
(i)carries on business under a business name which does not consist of his true surname without any addition other than his true first names or the initials thereof; or
(ii)has either before or after the commencement of this Act changed his name, except in the case of a woman in consequence of marriage;
(b)every c…

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