Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2022)

15.   Removal of names from register

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   (1)   If any firm or individual registered under this Act ceases to carry on business, it is the duty of the persons who were partners in the firm at the time when it ceased to carry on business, or of the individual, or if he or she is dead, his or her personal representative, within 3 months after the business has ceased to be carried on, to deliver to the Registrar notice in the prescribed form that the firm or individual has ceased to carry on business, and if any person whose duty it is to give such notice fails to do so within such time as aforesaid, he or she is liable to a fine not exceeding $96.

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   (2)   On receipt of such a notice as aforesaid the Registrar may remove the firm or individual from the register.

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   (3)   Where the Registrar has reasonable cause to believe that any firm or individual registered under this Act is not carrying on business, he or she may send to the firm or individual by registered post a notice that unless an answer is received to such notice within one month from the date thereof, the firm or individual may be removed from the register.

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   (4)   If the Registrar either receives an answer from the firm or individual to the effect that the firm or individual is not carrying on business, or does not, within one month after sending the notice, receive an answer, he or she may remove the firm or individual from the register.