GMLA 6 — Application for Registration

Gujarat Money-Lenders Act, 2011

Statutory text

(1) A person who intends to commence or to carry on the business of money-lending in any area may make an application in writing in the prescribed form for the grant of registration to the Registrar having jurisdiction.

(2) An application under sub-section (1) shall contain the following particulars, namely:- (a) if the application is by or on behalf of- (i) an individual, the name and address of such individual;

(ii) a Hindu Undivided Family, the name and addresses of the manager and the adult coparceners of such family;

(iii) a company, the name and addresses of the directors, manager or principal officer managing it;

(iv) an unincorporated body of individuals, the names and addresses of such individuals; and if such body is a firm, the names and addresses of all its partners;

(b) the name in which the applicant intends to carry on the business of money-lending and the name of the person who shall be responsible for the management of the business;

(c) the area in which he intends to carry on the business and the name of the place at which he intends to carry on the business in that area; and if he intends to carry on the business at more than one place in such area, the names of the principal place and other places at which he intends to carry on the business;

(d) the name of any other place outside such area, if any, at which he intends to carry on the business;

(e) whether the person signing the application himself, or any of the adult co-parceners of a Hindu Undivided Family or any director,

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