Appointment of Registrar of Societies.
Societies deemed to be estab- lished in the Colony.
Registration of societies.
"Registrar" means the officer appointed as Registrar of Societies for the Colony;
"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. A society shall be deemed to be established in the Colony, although it is organised and has its headquarters or chief place of business outside the Colony, if any of its office-bearers or mem- bers resides in the Colony or is present therein, or if any person in the Colony manages or assists in the management of such society or solicits or collects money or subscription in its behalf:
Provided that no society shall be deemed to be so established, if and so long as-
(a) it is organised and is operating wholly outside the
Colony; and
(b) no office, place of business or place of meeting is maintained or used in the Colony by such society or by any person in its behalf; and
(c) no register of members of such society is kept in the
Colony; and
(d) no subscriptions are collected or solicited in the Colony by the society or by any person in its behalf.
5.
(1) Every local society shall in manner prescribed make application to the Registrar for registration under this Ordinance.
(2) The Registrar may order that any local society shall be registered or be exempted from registration under this Or- dinance.
(3) Where the Registrar is satisfied that a local society is a branch of or is affiliated or connected with any organisation or group of a political nature established outside the Colony, he shall refuse to register it and where it appears to him that any local society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible with peace, welfare or good order in the Colony, he shall refuse to register it.
(4) Where the Registrar agrees to register a local society under this Ordinance, he shall forthwith enter or cause to be entered in a register kept for the purpose the particulars given in the application form and the date of his order directing regis- tration. The register may be searched and examined by any person during the usual office hours on application made to the Registrar or to an Assistant Registrar.
(5) The Registrar may, in his discretion, rescind at any time any exemption granted by him under sub-section (2) of this section if he is satisfied that it is expedient so to do on the ground
that the society concerned is affiliated or connected with any organisation or group of a political nature established outside the Colony or on the ground that such society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for any purpose prejudicial to or incom- patible with peace, welfare or good order in the Colony.
Any such rescission shall be notified in the manner provided by sub-section (2) of section 16 of this Ordinance: Provided that, notwithstanding section 9 of this Ordinance, the society concerned shall not be deemed to be an unlawful society until thirty days have elapsed from the date of the notification and such society has failed to obtain registration under this Ordinance within that period.
(6) The Registrar may, in his discretion, cancel at any time, the registration of any society effected under sub-section (4) of this section if he is satisfied that it is expedient so to do on any of the grounds mentioned in the preceding sub-section :
Provided that, prior to cancelling any registration, the Regis- trar shall notify his intention to one or more of the office-bearers of the society concerned and shall give him or them an opportunity to submit reasons (if any) why the registration should not be cancelled.
The cancellation of a registration shall be notified in the manner provided by sub-section (2) of section 16 of this Ordinance and shall take effect on the day of such notification.
(7) Any office-bearer or member of a local society who
is aggrieved by the Registrar's refusal to register such society, or by his decision to rescind the exemption from registration granted to such society or to cancel the registration thereof, may appeal against such refusal or decision to the Governor in Council whose decision shall be final.
6. (1) If the Registrar has reason to believe that any Cessation of registered or exempted society has ceased to exist, he may publish existence of in the Gazette a notification calling upon such society to furnish a society. 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.
7. (1) The Registrar may, at any time, by notice under Information his hand, order any exempted society or registered society to to be furnish him in writing with-
(a) a true and complete copy of the constitution and rules of any such society in force at the date of such order;
(b) a true and complete list of office-bearers and members of any such society residing in the Colony or present therein at the date of such order;
furnished by societies.
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