Registration of Firms Act Amendment Act of 1912 (3 Geo v No. 27) (Qld)

5670 MERCANTILE. Registration of Firms Act Amendment dct. 3 GKO. V. No. 27, 3 N G o e . o 2 . 7 V . . An Act to Amend "The Registration of Firms THE Act of 1902." REGISTRATION BE OAFMFEIRNMDMS EANCTT ACT OF 1912. [A SSENTED TO ~ ITH D ECEMBER, 1912 • 'J it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows :- Short title and 1. This Act shall be read as one with " The Regis. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ?tion tration of Firms Act of 1902,"* herein referred to as the Principal Act, and may be cited together with that Act as "The Registration of Firms Acts, 1902-1912," or separately as "The Registration of Firms Act Amendment Act of 1912." Amendment In 2. the definition of "Firm" in section two of the of B. 2. Principal Act, all words after the words "any firm name" are repealed, and the following words are inserted in lieu thereof, namely, "the term does not include any incor- porated company, whether incorporated in accordance with the laws of Queensland or elsewhere than in Queensland, which carries on business in Queensland solely under its corporate name." The definition of "Usual Name" in the said section is repealed. Repeal of B. 5. 3. Section five of the Principal Act is repealed. Amendm~mt 4. The following provisions are added to sectlon of s. 7. seven of the Principal Act :- (2.) The registration of every firm shall in like manner be annually rene~ ed on or before the thirty-first day of January in every ye.1r. The first registration of -Il, firm shall have effect from the date of such registration until the thirty-first day of January next ensuing. (3.) No firm or person shall carry on business in Queensland or be registered under a firm name including as part thereof the word-" limited" or any contraction of such word. Every registered firm the registered firm name of which on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, includes as part thereof the word * 2 Edw. VII. 1'io. 12, infra, page 5795.

MERCANTILE. 5671 H1l2. Re.qisf1'ation of Firms Act Amendment Act. "limited," or any contraction of such word, shall cease to be registered, and the registration of such firm shall be cancelled. (4.) Unless with the sanction of the principal registrar, no firm or person shall be registered under a firm name identical with or nearly resembling the firm name of any registered firm or the name of any registered joint stock company. The principal registrar shall decide all questions arising under this subsection, and no appeal shall lie from his decision. 5. After section seven of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted :- (7 A. ] No con1.pany, whether incorporated in accordance Companies with the laws. of Que?nsland or. elsew~ ere than in Queens- ~ o: i: ~ e~ e~ land, and 'whIch canlCS on busmess m Queensland solely under this under its corporate name, shall be registered as a firm Act. under this Act. Every such company which on the first day of January, one thousand nine hundred and thirteen, is registered as a firm under this Act shall on and after that date cease to be so registered, and the registration thereof shall be cancelled. 6. In section ten of the Principal Act, the words "a Amendment fee of two pounds" are repealed, and the words "an of s. 10. annual fee ot five shillings" are inserted in lieu thereof: Provided that the registration of every firm which at the pilssil1g of this Act is registered, and the registration wbereof may be renewed under this Act, shall be renewable for the years from one thousand nine hundred and thirteen to one thousand nine hundred and sixteen, both inclusive, without fee. 7. In section eleven of the Principal Act, and in the Amendment form therein set forth, after the words "members of the of s.11. firm" the words "as originally constituted and" are respectively inserted. In the said section the words "five shillings" are repealed, and the words" two shillings and six pence" are inserted in lieu thereof. 8. In section twelve of the Principal Act, the words Amendment "five shillings" are repealed, and the words" two shillings of B. 12. and six pence" are inserted in lieu thereof. .

5672 MERCANTILE. Re.qislmlion 0/ Fin11. ~ Act Al1u!Ildlllcnt Act. 3 tiEO. V. Ko. 27, 1912. 9. After section twelve of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted:- N 1 d 8 .o 8 t 0 icu1etl? O£n 0 f • [12A.] When and so often as a registered fi • rm is f firm, &c. dIssolved, whether by mutual consent or by operatIOn 0 law or otherwise, or ceases to carry on business under its registered firm name without changing its firm name, the late or surviving members or the members of such firm. as the case may be, shall within fourteen days thereafter send by post or deliver a notice in writing of the fact to the registrar in the following form or to the like effect :- "Thc Re.qistration of Firms Acts, 1902-1912." To the Registrar of Firms for the District of Take notice that on the da.y of the firm registered under the firm name of was dissolved [01' ceased to carry on business under the said firm name]. (Signed) A. n. C.D. [etc., members of the lateji1'm or firm]. Signed [or acknowledged] at on the day of , 19 J.P. [or as the case may be]. Every such notice shall be accompanied by a fee of two shillings and six pence. The late or surviving members or the members of such registered firm, as the case may be, shall be jointly and severally responsible for furnishing such notice and the payment of the said fee. Upon the receipt of such notice the registrar shall cancel the registration of such firm. Amendment 10. In the second paragraph of section thirteen of of s. 13. the Principal Act, the word "Queensland" is repealed, and the words "the Commonwealth of Australia or the Dominion of New Zealand" are inserted in lieu thereof. The provisoes to the said section are repealed, and the following proviso is inserted in lieu thereof:- Provided that 1£ any person individually constituting a firm, or any member of a firm which consists of more than one person, is not in the Commonwealth of Australia or the Dominion of New Zealand, the provisions of this ~ t\ . ct shall be deemed to be sufficiently complied with if the notice is signed or acknowledged under a power of attorney or by any person who has previously filed in the office of the registrar a statutory declaration that he is duly authorised by and on behalf of the firm to carry on the business of the firm in Queensland.

MERCANT1LE.-MINING. 5673 3 G~ · o. V. No. 5, 1912. lIlines Reyu/afion Act Amendment Act. A fee of two shillings and six pence shall be paid to the registrar on filing any such declarati?n. 11. In subsection one of section seventeen of the Amendment Principal Act, after the word "prescribed" the words of 8.17. "or in complying with any other provision of this Act" are inserted. 12. The following provision is added to section Amendment eighteen of the Principal Act :_ of s. 18. When the business of a registered firm is carried on in any building, the registered firm name of such firm shall be kept cQnspicuously exhibited on or near the main door or principal entrance thereof. 13. The following provision is added to section Amendment twenty-two of the Principal Act:- of 8.22. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary in any Act, proceedings for the recovery of penalties imposed by this Act may be commenced at any time within six months next after the fact of the commission of the offence charged came to the knowledge of the complainant. MINERAL OIL, MINING FOR. See MINING. MINING. lYIines Regulation Act Amendment Act qf 1912 Minin,q for Goal and Mineral Oil Act o/' 1Dl2 ... IJraina.qe of J1iines dct of 1912 ... 3 Qeo. V. No. 5 3 Qeo. V. No. 6 3 Geo. V. No. 9 An Act to Amend "The Mines Regulation Act of 1910." 3 Geo. V. No. 5. THE MIJ;ES REGULATION [ASSENTED TO 23HD SEPTEMBER, 1912.J ACT AMENDMENT B E it enacted by the King's :Most Excellent Majesty, ACT OF 1912. by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Council and Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and hy the authority of the same, as follows : - 1. This Act may be cited as "The Mines Regulation shoi·t title Act Amendment A.ct of 1912," and shall be read as one and . with "The Mines Regulation Act of 1910,"* hereinafter construction. • 1 Geo. V. No. 24, supra, page 2241.