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Aboriginal Councils and Associations Act 1976
64Voluntary winding up
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#### 64 Voluntary winding up
(1) An Incorporated Aboriginal Association may be wound up voluntarily if the Association so resolves by special resolution.
(2) The public officer of an Incorporated Aboriginal Association shall, within 3 weeks after the passing of a resolution for voluntary winding up, lodge with the Registrar a notice in the prescribed form of the passing of the resolution and a copy of the resolution.
Penalty: $50.
(2A) Subsection (2) is an offence of strict liability.
> Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
(3) The Registrar shall, within 3 weeks after the lodging of a notice under subsection (2), publish in the Gazette a notice of the passing of the resolution to which the notice relates.
(4) For the purposes of this section, a resolution is a special resolution if it is passed by a majority of not less than three‑fourths of such members as being entitled so to do vote in person, or, where proxies are allowed, by proxy, at a general meeting of which not less than 21 days’ notice specifying the intention to propose the resolution as a special resolution has been duly given.