from the commencement of this Act; and (ii) if at the expiration of the said two months the conditions affecting the firm or person have ceased to be such as to require registration under this Act, the firm or person need not be registered so long as such conditions continue. (2) This section shall apply, in the case where registration is required in consequence of a change of name, as if for references to the date of the commencement of the business there were substituted references to the date of such change. Registration of 8. Whenever a change is made or occurs in any of the particulars changes in firm registered in respect of any firm or person, such firm or person shall, within fourteen days after such change or such longer period as the Minister may, on application being made in any particular case, whether before or after the expiration of such fourteen days, allow, furnish by sending by post or deliver to the Registrar a statement in writing in the prescribed form specifying the nature and date of the change signed, and where necessary verified in like manner as the statement required on registration. (As amended by G.N. No. 279 of 1964) 9. If any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a statement of Penalty for default in registration particulars or of any change in particulars shall, without reasonable excuse, make default in so doing in the manner and within the time specified by this Act, every partner in the firm or the person so in default shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding two hundred and twenty five penalty units for every day during which the default continues, and the court shall order a statement of the required particulars or change in the particulars to be furnished to the Registrar within such time as may be specified in the order. (As amended by Act No. 13 of 1994) Disability of 10. (1) Where any firm or person by this Act required to furnish a statement of particulars or of any change in particulars shall have made persons in default default in so doing, then the rights of that defaulter under or arising out of any contract made or entered into by or on behalf of such defaulter in relation to the business in respect to the carrying on of which particulars were required to be furnished at any time while he is in default shall not be enforceable by action or other legal proceeding whether in the