section 5
Application for registration of society and society not to be registered with identical names
The Lakshadweep Registration of Societies Regulation, 2025Corporate202563 sections14 chapters
Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF SOCIETY
Statutory text
- (1) An application in such form, accompanied by such fee, containing such particulars, in accordance with such procedure, as may be prescribed for getting approval of the name of the society as well as for its registration, shall be filed with the Registrar, in whose jurisdiction the registered office of the society is situated, along with the Memorandum and the bye-laws prepared in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation: 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 without the previous approval of the Government in writing, with a name which contains any of the following expressions, namely:—
- (i) Co-operative or Land Development;
- (ii) Reserve Bank;
- (iii) 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;
- (iv) Municipal or Panchayat or Chartered; and
- (v) 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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