Section 7, The Business Registration Act, 1983

Upon receipt of an application for renewal of a licence licences.under section 6 of this Act, theRegistrar, if satisfied- (a) that the particulars contained in tae application are correct and sufficient,and (6) that the provisions of sections 3 and4 ofthis Act have been complied with, shall,upon payment to him of the prescribed fee, issue a licence in the prescribed form which shall bevalid fora period commencing on the lst day of January and ending onthe 31stday of December and he shall make a record ofthe renewal in the register.