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Associations Incorporation Act 1991
39Compulsory change of name
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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).