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COMPANIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1960 - SECT 192

Particulars with respect to directors in trade catalogues, circulars, etc.

192.(1) Subject to sub-section (2), every company to which this section
applies shall, in all trade catalogues, trade circulars, showcards and
business letters on or in which the company's name appears and which are
issued or sent by the company to any person in any part of Her Majesty's
dominions, state in legible characters with respect to every director being a
body corporate, the corporate name, and with respect to every director being
an individual, the following particulars

(a)his present Christian name, or the initials thereof, and present surname;
and

(b)any former Christian names and surnames; and

(c)his nationality, if not British.

(2) If special circumstances exist which render it in the opinion of
the Ministry expedient that such an exemption should be granted, the Ministry
may by order grant, subject to such conditions as may be specified in the
order, exemption from the obligations imposed by sub-section (1).

(3) This section shall apply to

(a)every company registered under this Act or under the Companies Act
(Northern Ireland), 1932, or the Acts repealed thereby unless it was
registered before the twenty-third day of November, nineteen hundred and
sixteen; and

(b)every company incorporated outside Northern Ireland which has an
established place of business within Northen Ireland unless it had established
such a place of business before the said date; and

Para. (c) rep. by 1974 c.39 s.192 sch.5 Pt.II

(4) Subject to sub-section (5), if a company makes default in complying with
this section every officer of the company who is in default shall be liable on
summary conviction for each offence to a fine not exceeding five pounds, and
for the purposes of this sub-section, where a body corporate is an officer of
the company, any officer of the body corporate shall be deemed to be an
officer of the company.

(5) No proceedings shall be instituted under this section except by, or with
the consent of, the Ministry.

(6) For the purposes of this section

(a)"director" includes any person in accordance with whose directions or
instructions the directors of the company are accustomed to act and "officer"
shall be construed accordingly; and

(b)"initials" includes a recognised abbreviation of a Christian name; and

(c)"showcards" means cards containing or exhibiting articles dealt with, or
samples or representations thereof;

Limited company may have directors with unlimited liability.



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