Appointment of Registrar of Societies.
Registration of societies.
Cessation of existence of a society.
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"Assistant Registrar" means an officer appointed as an
Assistant Registrar of Societies for the Colony.
3. The Governor may appoint by name or office an officer to
be Registrar of Societies for the Colony, and officers to be styled
Assistant Registrars of Societies.
4. (1) Every society shall in mannor prescribed make application
to the Registrar for registration.
(2) The Registrar may order that any society shall be
registered or be exempted from registration under this Ordinance.
(3) If a society has not been exempted the Registrar shall not refuse to register a society under this Ordinance unless:
(a) such society is affiliated or connected with any organisation or group of a political nature which is established outside the Colony, in such a manner as to place such society in any way or in any matter under the control of such organisation or group; or
(b) such society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for purposes prejudicial to public peace or welfare or to good order in the Colony.
(4) Any person aggrieved by a refusal by the Registrar to
register a society may appeal against that decision to the Governor
in Council whose decision shall be final.
5. (1) If the Registrar has reason to believe that any
registered or exempted society has ceased to exist, he may publish
exist,
in the Gazette a notification calling upon such society to furnish
him with proof of its existence within three months from the date of
such notification.
(2) If at the expiration of such three months the Registrar
is satisfied that the society has ceased to exist, a notification to
that effect shall be published in the Gazette, and the society shall
be deemed to have ceased to exist from the date of such publication.
6. The Registrar may at any time order any exempted society to
furnish him with information prescribed.
Fxempted societies to furnish
information.
Registered socicties to
furnish
information.
Personal
responsibility
of officers of society.
7. The Registrar may at any time order any registered society
to furnish him with such information as he thinks fit.
8. (1) The obligations imposed upon societies by sections 6 and
7 shall be deemed to be personal obligations upon the president and
seeritury and upon all embers of the or ttee of every such society, or, if such offices do not exist, then upon all persons holding