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Statement to be signed by persons registering.
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5.—(1) The statement required for the purpose of registration must be signed—
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(a) in the case of an individual—by him, and
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(b) in the case of a body corporate—by a director or secretary thereof, and
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(c) in the case of a firm, either—
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(i) by all the individuals who are partners, and by a director or the secretary of all bodies corporate who are partners, or
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(ii) by some individual who is a partner, or a director or the secretary of some body corporate which is a partner,
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and in a case to which paragraph (c) (ii) applies must be verified by a statutory declaration made by the signatory.
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(2) A statutory declaration stating that any person other than the declarant is a partner, or omitting to state that any person other than the declarant is a partner, shall not be evidence for or against any such other person in respect of his liability or non-liability as a partner.
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(3) The High Court may on application of any person alleged or claiming to be a partner direct the rectification of the register and decide any question arising under this section.
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