Unofficial translaction Register of Commerce and Securities shall issue aregistration receiptwhich states the formality completed and the date of completation of the formality. ARTICLE 56– The clerkor the person in charge of the competent body in the State party shall proceed ex officio to the removal of the natural person or legal entity registered pursuant to article 50 above. ARTICLE 57– The removal shall entail loss of rights attached tothe registration. ARTICLE 58-The dissolution of a legal entity, for any reason whatsoever, must be declared so as to enter it in the Register of Commerce and Securities within one month at the register of the competent court or the competent body in the State party inwhich the entity is registered. The same shall apply to the nullity of the company as soon as the decision thereon is taken. The removal shall be requested by the liquidator within a one month period from the close of the liquidation proceedings. Where appropriate, the removal shall be requested for additional particulars and secondary registrations as well as for subsidiaries and establishments. Failing to apply for removal within the prescribed period, the clerk of the competent court or the competent body in the State party shall enter the removalupon the rendering of the decision of the competent court or competent authorityin the State party, ruling expeditiously, seized on its own motion or by any interested party. The court clerk or the person in charge of the competent body in the State party shall issue aregistration receipt which states the formality completed and the date of completion. CHAPTER II: EFFECTS OF REGISTRATION ARTICLE 59-Any individual registered in the Register of Commerce and Securities is presumed, unless evidence is provided to the contrary, to have the status of merchant within the meaning of this uniform Act. However,such presumption shall not apply to individuals non-merchants whose registration in theRegister of Commerce and Securitiesis the result of a statutory provision and legal entities who are not deemedmerchantsby virtue of this uniform Act, the Uniform Act on commercial companies and the economic interest group or a special legal provision. Any natural person or legal entity registered in the Register of Commerce and Securities is required to enter on their invoices, purchase orders, tariffs and commercial documents as well as all correspondence, number and place of registration in the Register of Commerce and Securities. OHADA / Uniform Act / Unofficial Translations P. - 24 - of 78