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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 105



105.(1) Every company

(a)shall paint or affix, and keep painted or affixed, its name on the outside
of every office or place in which its business is carried on, in a conspicuous
position, in letters easily legible; and

(b)shall have its name engraven in legible characters on its seal; and

(c)shall have its name mentioned in legible characters in all business letters
of the company and in all notices and other official publications of
the company, and in all bills of exchange, promissory notes, endorsements,
cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed by or on behalf
of the company, and in all bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of
credit of the company.

(2) If a company does not paint or affix its name in manner directed by
this Act, the company and every officer of the company who is in default shall
be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and if a company does not keep
its name painted or affixed in manner so directed, the company and every
officer of the company who is in default shall be liable to a default fine.

(3) If a company fails to comply with paragraph (b) or paragraph (c) of
sub-section (1), the company shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty
pounds.

(4) If an officer of a company or any person on its behalf

(a)uses or authorises the use of any seal purporting to be a seal of
the company whereon its name is not so engraven as aforesaid; or

(b)issues or authorises the issue of any business letter of the company or any
notice or other official publication of the company, or signs or authorises to
be signed on behalf of the company any bill of exchange, promissory note,
endorsement, cheque or order for money or goods wherein its name is not
mentioned in manner aforesaid; or

(c)issues or authorises the issue of any bill of parcels, invoice, receipt or
letter of credit of the company wherein its name is not mentioned in manner
aforesaid;

Restrictions on commencement of business.



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