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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
112Offences by unincorporated bodies
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112 Offences by unincorporated bodies
If a person, or an association or other group of persons, not being an
incorporated association or other body corporate of which the
incorporation is recognised under a law in force in the ACT or under
a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory—
(a) uses a name or title in which the word ‘Incorporation’ or an
abbreviation or imitation of it appears or in which the
abbreviation ‘Inc.’ or any imitation of it appears; or
(b) otherwise holds out himself or herself, or itself, as being an
incorporated association or other body corporate of which the
incorporation was effected or is recognised under a law in force
in the ACT;
the person, or each member of the association or other group of
persons, commits an offence.
Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.