2. Interpretation
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(1) In this Act—
“business” includes profession;
“business name” means the name or style under which any business is carried on, whether in partnership or otherwise;
“christian name” includes any forename;
“Court” means the High Court or a judge of the High Court;
“firm” means an unincorporated body of 2 or more individuals, or one or more individuals and one or more corporations, or 2 or more corporations, who have entered into partnership with one another with a view to carrying on business for profit;
“foreign firm” means any firm, individual, or corporation whose principal place of business is situate outside the State;
“individual” means a natural person and does not include a corporation;
“initials” include any recognised abbreviation of a christian name;
“Registrar” means the Registrar of the High Court;
“showcards” means cards containing or exhibiting articles dealt with, or samples or representations thereof.
(Amended by Act 20 of 1990)
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(2) References in this Act to a former christian name or surname shall not, in the case of any person, include a former christian name or surname where that name or surname has been changed or disused before the person bearing the name had attained the age of 18 years or has been changed or disused for a period of not less than 20 years; and, in the case of a married woman, shall not include her name or surname by which she was known previous to the marriage.
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(3) An individual or firm shall not require to be registered under this Act by reason only of a change of his or her name, or of the name of a member of the firm, if the change has taken place before the person who has changed his or her name has attained the age of 18 years or if not less than 20 years have elapsed since it took place.