§574-6  Effect of change.  (a)  The
change of name provided for by order of the lieutenant governor shall be
effective upon the date of publication of the notice of change of name.



(b)  In all cases of change of name by order of
the lieutenant governor, except as otherwise provided by law, the order shall
be recorded in the bureau of conveyances within sixty days after the signing of
the order.



(c)  All changes of names made by decree of any
governor, or by the president of the Republic of Hawaii, or by the president of
the Provisional Government of Hawaii, or by any king or queen of the Hawaiian
Islands, are ratified and confirmed.



(d)  The lieutenant governor shall adopt rules
pursuant to chapter 91 necessary for the purposes of this chapter. [L 1982, c
50, §2; am L 1984, c 245, §2; am L 1985, c 190, §1; am L 1986, c 250, §2]