7Application for incorporation of association

7 Application for incorporation of association

[Section 7 Amended by No. 13 of 1993, s. 8 ]**[Section 7 Amended by No. 43 of 1991, s. 5 and Sched. 1 ]

(1)  *[Section 7 Subsection (1) substituted by No. 13 of 1993, s. 8 ]*Where the committee of an association authorizes a person to apply for the incorporation of the association under this Act, that person may apply in writing to the Commissioner in a form approved by the Commissioner for the incorporation of the association.

(2)  *[Section 7 Subsection (2) substituted by No. 99 of 1986, s. 4 ]*An application under subsection (1) shall –

(a) state –

(i) the name of the association;

(ii) the objects and purposes of the association;

(iii) that the applicant is authorized by the committee of the association to make an application for the incorporation of the association; and

(iv) the name and address of the public officer of the association if the public officer is a person other than the applicant for incorporation;

(b) be accompanied by –

(i) a copy of the rules of the association and any trusts relating to the association, and, if the rules or trusts are embodied in a deed, a copy of the deed;

(ii) a statement that the model rules have been adopted without modification; or

(iii) if the association has adopted the model rules with modification, a copy of the modification subject to which the model rules were adopted; and

(c) be accompanied by the relevant fee prescribed in the regulations.

(3)  *[Section 7 Subsection (3) substituted by No. 99 of 1986, s. 4 ]*A person who, in making an application under subsection (1) , makes, or causes to be made, a statement or representation in that application or in any accompanying document that is, to his knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular is guilty of an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding 2 penalty units.

(4)  [Section 7 Subsection (4) omitted by No. 99 of 1986, s. 4 ].  .  .  .  .  .  .  .