SOCIETIES.
No. 47 of 1911.
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(b) a true and complete list of the officers of the society, and a true statement of the number of its members.
(2) The Governor-in-Council may at any time order any exempted society to, and the said society thereupon shall, furnish such information concerning the society as he may see fit to require.
8. The Registrar may at any time order any registered society to, and the said society thereupon shall, furnish him with such of the information prescribed by the regulations as he may think fit.
9.—(1) The obligations imposed upon societies by sections 7 and 8 shall be deemed to be personal obligations upon the president and secretary and upon all members of committee of every such society, or, if such offices do not exist, then upon all persons holding positions in such society analogous to those of president, secretary and member of committee, and upon all persons managing or assisting in the management of such society.
(2) In case any exempted or registered society shall fail to comply with any order under or with any of the provisions of sections 7 or 8, each of the persons mentioned in the last sub-section shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 25 dollars.
10.—(1) On and after 1st January, 1912, every society not being a registered society or an exempted society shall be deemed to be an unlawful society.
(2) The society known by the name of the Triad Society or Sam-hopui, and any branch thereof, are hereby declared to be unlawful societies.
11. Any person managing or assisting in the management of any unlawful society shall be liable, on summary conviction, to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 12 months.
12.—(1) Any person being or acting as a member of an unlawful society shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 500 dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 6 months.
(2) Any person attending a meeting of an unlawful society shall be liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding 100 dollars, and to imprisonment for any term not exceeding 3 months.
* As amended by No. 17 of 1912.
§ As amended by No. 8 of 1912.
As amended by No. 50 of 1911.