| Section 1. It shall be unlawful for any person to use or
sign, on any written or printed receipt, including receipt for tax on
business, or on any written or printed contract not verified by a
Notary Public, or on any written or printed evidence of any agreement
or business transactions, any name used in connection with his business
other than his true name, or keep conspicuously exhibited in plain view
in or at the place where his business is concluded, if he is engaged in
a business, any sign announcing a firm name or business name or style,
without first registering such other name, or such firm name, or
business name, or style, in the Bureau of Commerce (now Department of
Trade and Industry) together with his true name and that of any other
person having a joint or common interest with him in such contract,
agreement, business transaction, or business. (As amended by Act No.
4147.)
Sec. 2. The Director of Commerce (now Secretary of
Trade and Industry) shall collect a registration fee of ten pesos for
each name registered, renewable every five years, such renewal to be
made during the first three months following the expiration of the
five-year period from the date of original registration. The fee for
each renewal registration shall also be ten pesos if renewed within the
said three months, otherwise a surcharge of fifty per cent shall be
added in case of delinquency.
It shall be the duty of the Director of Commerce (now Secretary of
Trade and Industry) to satisfy himself, before effecting any original
or renewal registration, concerning the identity and citizenship of the
person or persons for whose registration is to be made under this Act.
Hereafter, renewal registration shall be made in accordance with the
provisions of this Act. (As amended by Rep. Act No. 863.)
Sec. 3. The Director of the Bureau of Commerce and
Industry (now Secretary of Trade and Industry) shall from time to time
make such rules and regulations as he may deem necessary for the
efficient execution of the provisions of this Act.
Sec. 4. Any person violating the provisions of
Section One of this Act shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and
upon conviction thereof shall be fined not less than fifty pesos and
not more than two hundred pesos, or imprisoned not less than twenty
days and not more than three months, or both, in the discretion of the
court.
Sec. 5. This Act shall take effect upon its
approval.
Approved: November 14, 1931
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