Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Scout Association Act 1932 - SECT 4A

Change of name of Corporation and Branch

4A. Change of name of Corporation and Branch



(1) The Branch Executive Committee may change the name of the Corporation or
the name of the Branch by resolution of the Committee passed at a meeting of
the Committee by a majority of the members of the Committee.

(2) The Branch Executive Committee shall not resolve to change the name of the
Corporation or the Branch pursuant to subsection (1) unless the proposal to
change the name of the Corporation or the Branch has been approved by the
National Council at a general meeting.

(3) Any change of the name of the Corporation or the Branch shall not affect
the identity of the Corporation or the Branch or any rights or obligations of
the Corporation or the Branch or any legal proceedings by or against the
Corporation or the Branch, and any legal proceedings that might have been
commenced or continued by or against the Corporation or the Branch by its
former name may be commenced or continued by or against the Corporation or the
Branch by its new name.

(4) Where the name of the Corporation or the Branch is changed pursuant to
this section, any reference in this Act or in any Royal Charter or other
instrument or document or in any legal proceedings to the Corporation or the
Branch by its former name shall from the date on which the change takes effect
be deemed to be a reference to the Corporation or the Branch by its new name.