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Power of Registrar to make enquiries and investigations - The Registrar may, in his discretion, institute such enquiries, or make such investigation, in respect of any matter as may, in his opinion, be necessary for the proper performance of his duties and the administration of the Act or for the settlement of any dispute arising with respect to any firm. Register of Firms: The Re6ister of Firms shall be in English in Form VII annexed to these rules. The name of , and the particulars relating to, each firm shall be entered therein in the order of its registration on a separate page or pages. Each firm shall be asigned a number in a consecutive series commencing with the financial year (1st April), A note of every document filed shall be entered in the register on the page or pages allotted to the firm concerned and shall be signed by the Registrar. The pages after making the entries shall be bound in loose leaf registers in the order of the consecutive number allotted to each firm on registration. Amendment of entries in Register - When an entry made in the Register of firms is to be amended, the amendment shall be shown by drawing a red line, through the entry and making a suitable note in the remark column opposite to the entry concerned and the entry shall be made at the end of the existing entry or entries with suitable cross- reference. Protest against entries in Register - Where any partner or other person interested wishes to dispute, any entry made in Register firms, he shall notify the Registrar of his dispute in writing, and the Registrar shall make any entry at the end of the then existing entries and shall make a red ink reference to the disputed entry in the remarks column against the entry so disputed: Index to. Register of Firms A) An index to the Register of firms shalsl be prepared in English on loose sheets, lettered alphabelically, and shall contain the particulars shown in Form VIII annexed to these rules . A fresh index shall be prepared for each financial year. The name of each firm shall be indexed as soon as the entries relating there to are made in the Register of Firms. After all the firnis registered in a year have been indexed, the index shall be checked byd the Registrar who shall attest it in a token of such check and the pages shall then be numbered in ink. The index for each year shall, after it has been checked, be bound into volumes of convenient size