6. Amendments to charters of public associations shall undergo the state registration in the same manner and within the same timeframe as the state registration of a public association and become legally valid upon such registration. 7. A state duty is charged for the state registration of a public association and amendments to its charter in the manner and amount established by The Law of the Republic of Tajikistan on the State Duty. 8. The state registration of public associations is carried out within one month after submission of all documents listed in this article. A state registration certificate is issued to a public association which has been registered as a legal entity. Article 22. Registration of branches and representation offices of public associations for record-keeping purposes 1. Branches and representation offices of a public association shall be subject to registration for record-keeping purposes. 2. Branches and representation offices of a public association are registered for recordkeeping purposes by the registration authority. 3. The registration for record-keeping purposes is carried out in the manner and within periods established by the legislation for registration of legal entities. Article 23. Denial to register a public association and the grievance procedure. 1. A public association may be denied the state registration on the following grounds: - the charter of the public association is inconsistent with the Constitution of the Republic of Tajikistan, Articles 14, 17 and 18 of this Law, or laws on certain types of public associations; - the package of documents submitted for the state registration, as required by this Law, is incomplete, or the documents are not executed in full, or submitted to a wrong authority; - a previously registered public association with the same name operates within the same territory; - if established that the submitted founding documents contain invalid information; - name of the public association is offensive to the morality or national and religious feelings of citizens. 2. A public association may not be refused the state registration for the reason of inexpediency of such association.