2052
No. 47 of 1911.
SOCIETIES.
Society how to sue and be sued.
Judgments how to be put in force.
Civil proceedings against member.
Dissolution of societies how may be had.
and in all proceedings civil or criminal may be described as the property of that body by their proper title;
(ii) every such society may sue or be sued in the name of such one of its members as shall be declared to and registered by the Registrar of Societies as its public officer for this purpose, and, if no such person is registered, it shall be competent for any person having a claim or demand against the society to sue the society in the name of any person registered as a manager of the society;
(iii) no judgment in any suit shall be put in force against the person or property of the person sued but against the property of the society. The application for execution shall set forth the judgment, the fact of the party against whom it has been recovered having sued or having been sued, as the case may be, on behalf of the society only, and shall require to have the judgment enforced against the property of the society;
(iv) any member who may be in arrear of a subscription, which, according to the rules of the society, he is bound to pay, or who shall possess himself of or detain any property of the society in a manner or for a time contrary to such rules, or shall injure or destroy any property of the society, may be sued for such arrear or for the damage accruing from such detention, injury or destruction of property in the manner hereinbefore provided. But, if the defendant shall be successful in any suit or other proceedings brought against him at the instance of the society, and shall be adjudged to recover his costs, he may elect to proceed to recover the same from the officer in whose name the suit was brought, or from the society, and in the latter case shall have process against the property of the said society in the manner above described;
(v) any number not less than three-fifths of the members for the time being resident in the Colony of any society may determine that it shall be dissolved forthwith, or at the time then agreed upon, and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of the society, its claims and liabilities according to the rules of the said society applicable thereto (if any), and, if not, then as the governing body shall find expedient, provided that, in the event of any dispute arising among the said governing body or the members of the society, the adjustment of its affairs shall be referred to the Supreme Court, and the Court shall make such order in the matter as it shall deem requisite: Provided that no society shall be dissolved unless three-fifths of the members so resident as aforesaid