Registration of money-lenders and registration certificate.

(1) Every person who carries on or intends to carry on the business of money lending shall get himself registered by an application made to the Tahsildar of the tahsil of the district or any one of the districts in which he carries on or intends to carry on such business and, on such registration the Tahsildar shall grant a registration certificate to him in such form as may be prescribed : Provided that no person being a firm or partner of a firm of money-lenders shall be so registered except upon production before the Tahsildar of a certified copy of an entry showing such person as the firm or partner, as the case may be, made in the Register of Firm under section 59 of the Indian Partnership Act, 1932 (No. 9 of 1932) (2) The application made under sub-section (1) shall be in writing and shall specify the district or districts in which the applicant carries on or intends to carry on the business of money-lending and such other particulars as may be prescribed.