Application for registration of society and society not to be registered with identical names

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Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF SOCIETY

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(1) An application for approval of the name as well as registration of a society shall be filed with Registrar, in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the society is situate, in such form, including particulars, accompanied by fee and in such manner, as may be prescribed: Provided that if the proposed name is identical with that by which any other existing society has been registered or, in the opinion of the Registrar, so nearly resembles such name as to be likely to deceive the public, the Registrar shall refuse to register the name.
(2) No society shall be registered with a name which contravenes the provisions of the Emblems and Names (Prevention of the Improper Use) Act, 1950.
(3) No society shall be registered with the previous approval of the Government in writing, with a name which contains any of the following expression, namely:––
- (a) Co-operative or Land Development;
- (b) Reserve Bank;
- (c) Union or State or National or International or Universal or any word expressing or implying the sanction, approval or patronage of the Central Government or any State Government or the Union territory Administration;
- (d) Municipal or Panchayat or Chartered; and
- (e) Investigation Bureau or any word which suggests or is calculated to suggest connection with any municipality, statutory, investigating or intelligence agency or other local authority.

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