Business Registration Act Jamaica

The registrar will refuse to register any name that is identical or similar to another name used by an individual trader registered under the business name act or company registered under the companies act.

Business registration act jamaica. The registration of a company in a particular name shall not be deemed to indicate the absence of trademark rights in the name. Interpretation 1 in this act. The proposed business names.

The bn1 bn2 forms must also be submitted. Business a includes every form of trade commerce or manufacture craftsmanship calling profession vocation. And vi the person making the application has the.

Authorised officer means an officer duly authorised in writing by the registrar. Bn 5 changes to a business. A business in jamaica is a sole proprietorship a sole trader in jamaican terms or a partnership.

Under the act and is therefore likely to cause confusion. Bn 3 a corporation registering a business name to act as an agent for a foreign firm or to act as a trustee for an individual or another corporation. C every individual or firm having a place of business in jamaica who or a member of which has either before or after the commencement of this act changed his name except in the case of a woman in consequence of marriage 4 every trader having a place of business in jamaica shall be registered in the manner directed by this act.

Or occupation or any. This act may be cited as the business registration act 2002. You can register your new venture as either a business or a company.

1 for the purposes of these rules a name similar or too. Partnerships carrying on business under a firm name other than the names of all the partners. Sole proprietorships one owner carrying on business under a name other than the individual s name.