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ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1964 - SECT 9

Names of associations

(1)  The Commissioner shall not grant to an association a certificate of incorporation under –
(a) a name that is identical with a name by which –
(i) another association is incorporated under this Act;
(ii) a company is registered under the Corporations Act;
(iia) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(iii) a business name is registered under the Business Names Act 1962 ;
(iv) a co-operative housing society is incorporated under the Co-operative Housing Societies Act 1963  –
(v) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
(vi) .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  
or that so nearly resembles any such name as, in the opinion of the Commissioner, to be calculated to deceive; or
(b) except with the consent of the Minister, a name that, in the opinion of the Commissioner, is undesirable or is a name, or a name of a kind, that the Minister has directed the Commissioner not to accept for registration.
(2)  A direction under subsection (1) is a statutory rule within the meaning of the Rules Publication Act 1953 .
(3)  An incorporated association shall have the word "Incorporated" or the abbreviation "Inc." as part of and at the end of its name.
(4)  It is sufficient if the abbreviation "Inc." is used in place of the word "Incorporated" in the name of the association as appearing on its seal.
(5)  When the name of an incorporated association is included in any document it is sufficient if the abbreviation "Inc." is used in the place of the word "Incorporated" .



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