ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 44

ASSOCIATIONS INCORPORATION ACT 1985 - SECT 44

44—Defunct associations

        (1)         If the Commission is of the opinion that an incorporated association is defunct, it may—

            (a)         by notice served on the association; or

            (b)         where service cannot reasonably be effected in accordance with this Act—by notice published in a manner and form determined by the Commission to be most appropriate in the circumstances,

require the association to show good cause why the association should not be dissolved.

        (2)         If, upon the expiration of one month from giving notice under subsection (1), the Commission is satisfied that the incorporated association should be dissolved, it may, by notice published in the Gazette, cancel the incorporation of the association, whereupon the incorporated association is dissolved.

        (3)         If the Commission is satisfied that an incorporated association was dissolved as a result of an error on the part of the Commission, the Commission may reinstate the association as an incorporated association after which the association is to be taken to have continued in existence as if it had not been dissolved and any property which may have vested in the Commission under section 45 is revested in the association.