ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 112 Offences by unincorporated bodies

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1991 - SECT 112

If a person, or an association or other group of persons, not being an incorporated association or other body corporate of which the incorporation is recognised under a law in force in the ACT or under a law of the Commonwealth, a State or another Territory—

        (a)     uses a name or title in which the word ‘Incorporation' or an abbreviation or imitation of it appears or in which the abbreviation ‘Inc.' or any imitation of it appears; or

        (b)     otherwise holds out himself or herself, or itself, as being an incorporated association or other body corporate of which the incorporation was effected or is recognised under a law in force in the ACT;

the person, or each member of the association or other group of persons, commits an offence.

Maximum penalty: 30 penalty units.