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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
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(1) If the registrar-general is of the opinion that a document submitted
for lodgment with the registrar-general—
(a) contains matter contrary to law; or
(b) contains matter that is, in a material particular, false or
misleading in the form or context in which it appears; or
(c) has not been duly completed because of an omission or
misdescription; or
(d) does not comply with this Act; or
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(e) contains an error, alteration or erasure;
the registrar-general may refuse to receive or register the document
and may require—
(f) that the document be appropriately amended or completed and
resubmitted; or
(g) that another document be lodged in place of the defective
document; or
(h) if the document has not been duly completed—that a
supplementary document be lodged.
(2) The registrar-general may require a person who submits a document
for lodgment with the registrar-general to give the registrar-general
any other document or further information that the registrar-general
thinks necessary in order to form an opinion whether the registrar-
general may refuse to receive or register the document.