Introduction

  1. With the assigning of the function of registering business names to the provincial councils as per the 1st list of the 9th Schedule of the 13th amendment to the Constitution, this department was established to accomplish the functions of the Statute made to regulate the proper implementation of the law related to the registration of business names through the respective provincial councils.
  2. Accordingly the Western Province Business Names Statute No.04 of 1990 was operational from 1991.01.01 and the new amended Business Names Statute of Trade, Corporations and Non Incorporated Trade Institutions of Western Province No. 05 of 2011 came into effect from 2013.10.01.
  3. Regulating and coordinating all the business name registration activities within the Western Province and issuing business names registration certificates particularly for businesses operating within the Divisional Secretary’s divisions of Colombo, Thimbirigasyaya, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte, Dehiwala and Ratmalana are carried out by this Department. For other Divisional Secretary’s divisions of the Western Province, people are given the opportunity to register their business names through the respective Divisional Secretary’s Office.