(1)  An incorporated association may, by special resolution and with the approval of the Commissioner, change its name to any other name by which it could be incorporated without contravention of section 9 .

(2)  An application for the approval of the Commissioner to a change of name pursuant to this section –

(a) shall be in the prescribed form;

(b) shall be verified as prescribed;

(c) shall be made, by the public officer of the association, within the prescribed period after the date of the meeting at which the special resolution for the change of name was passed; and

(d) shall be lodged with the Commissioner, together with such other documents (if any) as may be prescribed.

(3)  The Commissioner shall register the change of name, and shall either note the change on the certificate of incorporation or issue a new certificate of incorporation in lieu thereof in the prescribed form.

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(5)  A change of name does not affect the identity of an association or any right or obligation of an association or of any member or other person, or render defective any legal proceedings by or against an association.

(6)  Any legal proceedings that might have been continued or commenced by or against an association by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name.