if the Inspector-General or any petson duly authorized by him in connection with the collection of any information or returns under this Act willfully discloses any information or contents of any returns given or made under this Act otherwise than in the execution of his duties under this Act or for the purposes of prosecution, of an offence under this Act or the Indian Penal Coda (Central Aet 45 of 186B), he shall, on conviction, be punished for such offence with fine which may extend to two hundred rupees.
1 1C. Cognizance of offences.- No prosecution for an offence under section 1 1A shall be instituted, except by or with the sanetion of, the inspector-General, and no prosecution for an offence under section 118 shall he instituted except by or with the consent of the Government.".
8. Amendment of section 12.- In section 12 of the principal Act, &r the words "either wholly or partially with any. other society" the words "or to change the name of the society"sha1l be inserted.
9. Insertion of new sections 12A, 12% 12C and 12D.- After seetion 12 of the principal Act, the following sections shall be inserted, namely:- "UA Registration of change of n a m e i (1) Where a proposition for change of name of a society has been agreed to and coniirmed in the mannet specified in section 12, a copy of the proposition so agreed to and conbrmed shall be fwarded to the Inspector-General for registering the change of name.
(2) If the proposed change of name is in his opinion undesirable far any of the reasons mentioned in seotion 3A, the Inspector-General shall refuse to register the change of name.
(3) Save as pmvided in subsection (2), the Inspector-General shall, if he is satisfied that the provisions of the A d in respect of the change of nqne have been complied with, register the change of name and issue a certificate of registration altered to meet the ciroumstances of the wse and on the issue of such a certiftcate, the c&ge of name shall be complete.
(4) The inspector-General shall charge for any wpy of a certificate issued under sub-section (3) a fee of one rupee and all fees so paid shall be accounted for to the Government.
(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 seotion 3A), the Impactor-General, may, after hearing the party wncemed, dim3 the sociaty to change the name, and the society shall change its name withib a period ofthreemonths h m the date of such dirwtion or such longer period as the InPpector-@enera1 may think fit to allow, in accordance with the provisions ofthiis Act.
12B. Effect of change of n a m e c Tbe change of name of a society shall not affwt any right or obligation of the society or render defective any legal proceeding by or against the society, my legal proceeding which might have been continued or commenced by or against it by its former name may be wntioued or wmmenced by or against it by its new name.