(1)  Where the Commissioner has reasonable cause to believe that an incorporated association has ceased to exist or that the transactions of an incorporated association are such that it is not, or has ceased to be, an association within the meaning of this Act, the Commissioner may send by post by means of the certified mail service to the person appearing to be the public officer of the association by any notice lodged in the office of the Commissioner a notice requiring him, within the period of one month from the date thereof, to satisfy the Commissioner that the association has not ceased to exist or, as the case may be, that the transactions of the association are not such that the association is not, or has ceased to be, an association within the meaning of this Act, and stating that, unless cause is shown to the contrary within that period, a notice will be published in the Gazette with a view to the cancellation of the incorporation of the association.

(2)  If cause is not shown as provided in subsection (1) within the time mentioned in that subsection, the Commissioner may publish in the Gazette and send by post by means of the certified mail service to the public officer of the association a notice that, at the expiration of 3 months from the date of the publication of the notice, the incorporation of the association will, unless cause is shown to the contrary, be cancelled.

(3)  At the expiration of the time mentioned in the notice given by the Commissioner pursuant to subsection (2) , he may, unless cause to the contrary is previously shown, cancel the incorporation of the association and publish notice of the cancellation thereof in the Gazette .