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The Societies Registration Act

An Act for the Registration of Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies
1860
List of Chapters & Sections

  1. All sections

  2. 1
     Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration
  3. 2
     Memorandum of association
  4. 3
     Registration and fees
  5. 4
     Annual list of managing body to be filed
  6. 5
     Property of society how vested
  7. 6
     Suits by and against societies
  8. 7
     Suits not to abate
  9. 8
     Enforcement of judgment against society
  10. 9
     Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law
  11. 10
     Members liable to be sued as strangers
  12. 11
     Members guilty of offences punishable as strangers
  13. 12
     Societies enabled to alter, extend or abridge their purposes
  14. 13
     Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs
  15. 14
     Upon a dissolution no member to receive profit. Proviso for Joint-stock Companies
  16. 15
     Who is a Member
  17. 16
     Governing body defined
  18. 17
     Registration of societies formed before Act
  19. 18
     Such societies to file memorandum, etc., with Registrar of Joint-stock Companies
  20. 19
     Inspection of documents, Certified copies
  21. 20
     To what societies the Act shall apply