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Property
how deemed
(i.)
to be vested.
Society how
to sue and
be sued.
Suits not to abate by death, etc.
Judgments
how to be put in force.
The moveable property of such Society, if not
vested in trustees, shall be deemed to be vested
for the time being in the governing body of such
Society, and in all proceedings civil and criminal
may be described as the property of the governing
body of such Society 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 the
public officer of the Society for this purpose,
and, if no such person shall be 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 suit or proceeding in any Civil Court shall abate
or discontinue by reason of the person by or against
whom such suit or proceeding shall have been
brought or continued dying, or ceasing to fill the
character in the name whereof he shall have sued
or been sued, but the same suit or proceeding shall
be continued in the name of or against the successo
of such person.
(iv.) No judgment in any suit shall be put in force
(v.)
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
shall have 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 judg-
ment enforced against the property of the Society.
Any member who may be in arrear of a subscription,
Civil pro- ceedings
against member.