Clause 4

by deleting the words “Every person who makes an application under section 5 for registration under this Act” in the 1st and 2nd lines of subsection (1) and substituting the words “In connection with an application under section 5 for registration under this Act, the appropriate person”; and

by deleting subsections (2), (3) and (4) and substituting the following subsections:“(2) The Registrar may, in any particular case, require the statement referred to in subsection (1) to be verified in such manner as the Registrar may consider fit.(3) The High Court may, on the 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.(4) In this section, “appropriate person”, in relation to an application for registration, means —

where the registration to be effected is that of an individual, the individual; (b)where the registration to be effected is that of a corporation, a director or the secretary of the corporation or an agent of the corporation within the meaning of section 366(1) of the Companies Act (Cap. 50);

where the registration to be effected is that of a foreign firm, the manager of the foreign firm or the person having direct control of the management of the business of the foreign firm; or (d)where the registration to be effected is that of a firm (other than a foreign firm), every individual who is a partner of the firm, and a director or the secretary of every corporation which is a partner of the firm,and includes a prescribed person authorised by a person referred to in paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d), as the case may be.”.