Cognizance of offences.

No prosecution for an offence under section 11A shall be instituted, except by or with the sanction of, the Inspector-General, and no prosecution for an offence under section 11B shall be instituted except by or with the consent of the Government.”.

8. Amendment of section 12 Amendment of section 12.— In section 12 of the principal Act, after the words “either wholly or partially with any other society” the words “or to change the name of the society” shall be inserted.

9. Insertion of sections 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D Insertion of new sections 12A, 12B, 12C and 12D.— After section 12 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:— “12A. Registration of change of name.—

1. (1) Where a proposition for change of name of a society has been agreed to and confirmed in the manner specified in section 12, a copy of the proposition so agreed to and confirmed shall be forwarded to the Inspector-General for registering the change of name.
2. (2) If the proposed change of name is in his opinion undesirable for any of the reasons mentioned in section 3A, the Inspector-General shall refuse to register the change of name.
3. (3) Save as provided in sub-section (2), the Inspector-General shall, if he is satisfied that the provisions of the Act in respect of the change of name have been complied with, register the change of name and issue a certificate of registration altered to meet the circumstances of the case and on the issue of such a certificate, the change of name shall be complete.
4. (4) The Inspector-General shall charge for any copy of a certificate issued under sub-section
5. (3) a fee of one rupee and all fees so paid shall be accounted for to the Government.
6. (5) If, through inadvertence or otherwise, a society is registered by a name which should not have been registered (due regard being had to the provisions of section 3A), the Inspector-General, may, after hearing the party concerned, direct the society to change the name, and the society shall change its name within a period of three months from the date of such direction or such longer period as the Inspector-General may think fit to allow, in accordance with the provisions of this Act.