Section 16
Change of place of business etc.
(1)
No registered society shall change its place of business without having previously notified the Registrar in writing.
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(2)
No registered society shall change its name or amend its rules without the prior written approval of the Registrar and without payment of the fee prescribed in the First Schedule.
(3)
An application for any change or amendment under subsection (2) shall be made to the Registrar within 60 days from the date of the decision to make the change or the amendment.
(4)
If a registered society fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of this section, the society and every office-bearer of the society is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.
(5)
In this section, “rules” include the aims and objects for which a society is formed or which it may pursue or for which its funds or any of them may be applied, the qualifications for membership and for the holding of any office, the method of appointment or election to any office, the rules by which the society is to be governed and the method and manner by and in which any of those matters may be amended.