(1) No society shall be registered by a name which, Name of in the opinion of the Registrar, is undesirable. society.
Explanation—For the purposes of this sub-section, the name of a society shall be deemed to be undesirable, if such name is—
(a) Obscene or against decency and decorum ; or
(6) likely to promote disharmony or feelings of enmity, or hatred or ill-will between different religious, racial, language, or regional groups or castes or communities ; or
(c) identical with, or too nearly resembles, the name by which a society in existence has been previously registered.
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(2) Except with the previous sanction in writing of the Government, no society shall be registered by a name which contains any of the following words, namely :—
(a) "-Co-operative" or "Land Development";
(b) " Reserve Bank" ;
1{(c) " Union " or " State " or “Commission” or “Forum” or “Council”} 2{or Human Rights} or any word expressing or implying the sanction, approval or patronage of the Central or any State Government ; and
(d) “Municipal" or " Chartered " or any word which suggests or is calculated to suggest connection with any municipality or other local authority :
Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to societies registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act XXI of 1860), before the date of the commencement of this Act.
1. Substituted by the Tamil Nadu Act 21 of 1999, with effect from 17th June, 1999,
2. Inserted by the Tamil Nadu Act 2 of 2010 published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary part IV, section 2 dated 22nd January 2010 and to take effect from 1st April. 2010 by G.O. Ms. No.30 CT and Regn. (M1) dated 30th March 2010.