Section XXVIII
Publication of name a limited Company.
The Joint-stock Companies Act, 1857
About this Act
An Act to make better provision for the order and good government of the Suburbs of Calcutta and of the station of Howrah.
Every limited Company registered
under this Act shall paint or affix, and shall keep painted or affixed, its name by on the
outside of every Office or place in which the business of the Company is carried on, in a
conspicuous position, in letters easily legible in the English language and also in the
language required to used be used in judicial proceedings in the Courts of the East India
Company in the District in which the registered Office is situate, and shall have its name
engraven in legible characters in such languages on its seal, and shall have its name mentioned
in legible characters in such languages in all notices, advertisements, and other official
publications of such Company, and in all Bills of Exchange, Hoondees, Promissory Notes,
Endorsements, Cheques, and orders for money or goods, purporting to be signed by or on
behalf of such Company, and in all Bills of parcels, invoices, receipts, and letters of credit of the
Company.