11Use of words "chit", "chit fund", "chitty", "kuri", "fraternity fund", or "Rotating Savings and Credit Institution"
1[(1) No person shall carry on chit business unless he uses as part of his name any of the words "chit", "chit fund", "chitty", "kuri", "fraternity fund" or "Rotating Savings and Credit Institution" and no person other than a person carrying on chit business shall use as part of his name any such word.br (2) Where at the commencement of this Act,—br (a) any person is carrying on chit business without using as part of his name any of the words specified in sub-section (1); orbr (b) any person not carrying on chit business is using any such word as part of his name, he shall, within a period of one year from such commencement, add as part of his name any such word or, as the case may be, delete such word from his name:br Provided that the State Government may, if it considers necessary in the public interest or for avoiding any hardship, extend the said period of one year by such further period or periods not exceeding one year in the aggregate.]
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1. Subs. by s. 4, ibid., for section 11 (w.e.f. 1-1-2020).
- 4 Prohibition of chits not sanctioned or registered under the Act
- 5 Prohibition of invitation for subscriptions except under certain conditions
- 6 Form of chit agreement
- 7 Filing of chit agreement
- 8 Minimum capital requirements for the commencement, etc., of a chit, and creation of a reserve fund, by a company
- 9 Commencement of chit
- 10 Copies of chit agreement to be given to subscribers
- 11 Use of words "chit", "chit fund", "chitty", "kuri", "fraternity fund", or "Rotating Savings and Credit Institution"
- 12 Prohibition of transacting business other than chit business by a company
- 13 Aggregate amount of chits
- 14 Utilisation of funds
- 15 Alteration of chit agreement
- 16 Date, time and place of conducting chits
- 17 Minutes of proceedings
- 18 Copies of minutes to be filed with Registrar
- 19 Restriction on opening of new place of business