34Cancellation of incorporation of association

### 34 Cancellation of incorporation of association > > (1)  *\[Section 34 Subsection (1) amended by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 \]*Where the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that an incorporated association has ceased to exist or that the transactions of an incorporated association are such that it is not, or has ceased to be, an association within the meaning of this Act, the Commissioner may send by post by means of the certified mail service to the person appearing to be the public officer of the association by any notice lodged in the office of the Commissioner a notice requiring him, within the period of one month from the date thereof, to satisfy the Commissioner that the association has not ceased to exist or, as the case may be, that the transactions of the association are not such that the association is not, or has ceased to be, an association within the meaning of this Act, and stating that, unless cause is shown to the contrary within that period, a notice will be published in the *Gazette* with a view to the cancellation of the incorporation of the association. > > > (2)  *\[Section 34 Subsection (2) amended by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 \]*If cause is not shown as provided in [subsection (1)](#GS34@Gs1@EN) within the time mentioned in that subsection, the Commissioner may publish in the *Gazette* and send by post by means of the certified mail service to the public officer of the association a notice that, at the expiration of 3 months from the date of the publication of the notice, the incorporation of the association will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be cancelled. > > > (3)  *\[Section 34 Subsection (3) amended by No. 9 of 1982, s. 7 and Sched. 10 \]*At the expiration of the time mentioned in the notice given by the Commissioner pursuant to [subsection (2)](#GS34@Gs2@EN) , he may, unless cause to the contrary is previously shown, cancel the incorporation of the association and publish notice of the cancellation thereof in the *Gazette*.