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Societies enabled to alter, extend, or abridge their purposes.—Whenever it shall appear to the governing body of any society registered under this Act, which has been established for any particular purpose or purposes, that it is advisable to alter, extend, or abridge such purpose to or for other purposes within the meaning of this Act, or to amalgamate such society either wholly or partially with any other society, such governing body may submit the proposition to the members of the society in a written or printed report, and may convene a special meeting for the consideration thereof according to the regulations of the society; but no such proposition shall be carried into effect unless such report shall have been delivered or sent by post to every member of the society ten days previous to the special meeting convened by the governing body for the consideration thereof, nor unless such proposition shall have been agreed to by the votes of three-fifths of the members delivered in person or by proxy, and confirmed by the votes of three- fifths of the members present at a second special meeting convened by the governing body at an interval of one month after the former meeting. STATE AMENDMENT Assam Insertion of new sections 12A,12B and 12C in Act XXI of 1860.- After section 12 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860), the following shall be inserted, namely:-- "12A. Change of name.--Any society registered under this Act may, with the consent of not less than two-thirds of the total number of its members' by a resolution at a general meeting convened for the purpose and subject to the provisions of section 12B, change its name.