Cap. 386 Art. 6Indication of particulars in business letters, order forms, websites etc.

(1) In all its business letters and order forms, whether they are in paper form or in any other medium, as well as on its internet website or websites, if any, a commercial partnership shall mention in legible characters its name, kind of commercial partnership, registered office and registration number.

(2) In all its business letters and order forms, whether they are in paper form or in any other medium, as well as on its internet website or websites, if any, in respect of the branch or place of business in Malta, a body corporate registered under Part XI of this Act shall mention in legible characters its name, the country of its constitution or incorporation, its registration number and registered office in its country of constitution or incorporation, kind of commercial partnership, the address of the branch or place of business in Malta, its registration number under Part XI of this Act and, where applicable, the fact that the oversea company is being wound up.

(3) In all its business letters and order forms, whether they are in paper form or in any other medium, as well as on its internet website or websites, if any, a partnership en nom collectif shall also state in legible characters the names of its partners in addition to the requirements of sub-article (1).

(4) In all its business letters and order forms, whether they are in paper form or in any other medium, as well as on its internet website or websites, if any, a partnership en commandite or limited partnership shall also state in legible characters the names of the partners having unlimited liability in addition to the requirements of sub-article (1).

(5) Every commercial partnership and every body corporate registered under Part XI of this Act shall mention its name in legible characters in all its notices and other official publications, bills of exchange, promissory notes, cheques and orders for money or goods purporting to be signed on its behalf and in all its bills of parcels, invoices, receipts and letters of credit.

(6) An officer signing a document on behalf of a commercial partnership or on behalf of a body corporate registered under Part XI of this Act shall state the capacity in which he is signing.

(7) Where a commercial partnership is being wound up, every letter, invoice or other document issued by or on behalf of the commercial partnership, being a document on or in which the name of the commercial partnership appears, shall, in addition to the requirements of the preceding sub-articles of this article, contain a statement that the commercial partnership is being wound up and, in respect of a company it shall also contain the names of the liquidators.

(8) Where a reference is made to the capital of a company in the documents or internet websites referred to in the preceding sub-articles, that reference shall include a reference to both the issued and the paid up capital.

(9) If default is made in complying with the provisions of sub-articles (1) to (6) and of sub-article (8) every officer of the commercial partnership who is in default shall be liable to a penalty.

(10) If default is made in complying with the provisions of sub-article (7) every liquidator or partner, as the case may be, who is in default shall be liable to a penalty.