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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Enforcement - Offences

158: Improper use of Incorporated, Inc, or Manatōpū

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"Don't use 'Incorporated', 'Inc', or 'Manatōpū' in your name unless you're allowed to."

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You can't use certain words if you are not an incorporated body. The words are Incorporated, Inc, or Manatōpū. You will commit an offence if you dishonestly use these words as the last word in your name. You might wonder what an incorporated body is. It means a society set up under the Incorporated Societies Act 2022. It also means an entity set up under another Act or law from another country. If you commit this offence, you could be fined up to $10,000. This happens if you are convicted of dishonestly using these words. You must be honest when choosing a name for your group or business.

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Offences

158Improper use of Incorporated, Inc, or Manatōpū

  1. Any person who, not being an incorporated body, whether alone or with other persons, dishonestly operates under any name or title of which the word Incorporated, the word Inc, or the word Manatōpū, or any contraction or imitation of any of those words, is the last word commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.

  2. In subsection (1), incorporated body means either of the following:

  3. a society incorporated under this Act:
    1. an entity incorporated under any other Act or overseas law.