Section 5: (1) Registration under this Act shall be effected in the manner following, that is to say, there shall be sent or delivered to the Registrar for registration a copy of the partnership agreement and a statement in the prescribed form signed by all the partners containing the following particulars, namely,(a)  the firm name of the partnership;(b)  the general nature of the business;(c)  the address and Post Office Box number of,(i)  the principal place of business of the partnership; and(ii)  all other places in Ghana at which the business is carried on;(d) the names and any former names, residential addresses and business occupations of the partners;(e) the date of commencement of the partnership, unless the partnership has commenced more than twelve months prior to the date of the statement;(f) particulars of any charges requiring registration under section 25 of this Act or a statement that there are no such charges,and where particulars of any charge require registration under section 25 of this Act, the statement shall be accompanied by the documents required by that section.(2) Unless in the opinion of the Registrar,(a) the partnership is not one which is registrable under this Act;(b) any of the businesses which the partnership has been carrying on or is to carry on is unlawful;(c)  the name of the firm is misleading or undesirable;(d) any of the partners is an infant or of unsound mind or a person who, within the preceding five years, has been guilty of fraud or dishonesty, whether convicted or not, in connection with any trade or business or is an undischarged bankrupt; or(e)  the statement is incomplete, illegible, inaccurate, irregular, or on paper insufficiently durable to be suitable for registration,the Registrar shall, upon payment of the prescribed fee, register the said statement.(3) For the purposes of forming an opinion in accordance with the immediately preceding subsection, the Registrar may call upon any partner or former partner to supply such information as he shall think fit; and may require the books and accounts of the partnership to be produced for his inspection.(4) Where the Registrar refuses registration on any of the grounds specified in paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of subsection (2) of this section, any partner or person claiming to be a partner shall have a right of appeal to the Court against the decision of the Registrar in accordance with subsection (2) of section 55 of this Act.(5)  The provisions of the Registration of Business Names Act, 1962 (Act 151) shall not apply to any firm registered under this Act and not struck off the register under section 51, 52 or 53 of this Act.

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