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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
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39 Compulsory change of name
(1) If it appears to the registrar-general that an association has been
incorporated under a name or a name of a kind referred to in
section 37 (5) without the consent of the Minister, the
registrar-general may, by notice in writing to the association, direct
the association to change its name.
(2) A direction to an association under subsection (1) has effect as if it
were a special resolution of the association passed under
section 38 (1).