section 7
Application for registration of society and society not to be registered with identical names
The Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu Registration of Societies Regulation, 2026Corporate202661 sections14 chapters
Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF SOCIETY
Statutory text
- (1) Every application for approval of the name of a society and for its registration shall be filed with the District Registrar, in whose jurisdiction the registered office of such society is situated, along with the Memorandum and the bye-laws prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Regulatio n and containing all such particulars, in such form, on payment of such 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 referred to in sub-section (3) of section 61 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 Improper Use) Act, 1950.
- (3) Except with the previous approval of the Government in writing, no society shall be registered by a name which contains any of the following expressions, namely:––
- (a) “co-operative or land development”; or
- (b) “Reserve Bank”; or
- (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 Union territory Administration; or
- (d) “Municipal” or “Panchayat” or “chartered”; or
- (e) “Investigation Bureau” or any other 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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