State Act

THE TAMIL NADU SOCIETIES REGISTRATlON ACT, 1975

9. (1) No society shall be registered by a name which, in the opinion of the Registrar, is undesirable. 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. (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.