LawgistThe Societies Registration Act
6Suits by and against societies
Every society registered under this Act may sue or be sued in the name of the president, chairman, or principal secretary, or trustees, as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the society, and, in default of such determination, in the name of such person as shall be appointed by the governing body for the occasion:
Provided that it shall be competent for any person having a claim or demand against the society, to sue the president or chairman, or principal secretary or the trustees thereof, if on application to the governing body some other officer or person be not nominated to be the defendant.
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All sections
- 1 Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration
- 2 Memorandum of association
- 3 Registration and fees
- 4 Annual list of managing body to be filed
- 5 Property of society how vested
- 6 Suits by and against societies
- 7 Suits not to abate
- 8 Enforcement of judgment against society
- 9 Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law
- 10 Members liable to be sued as strangers
- 11 Members guilty of offences punishable as strangers
- 12 Societies enabled to alter, extend or abridge their purposes
- 13 Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs
- 14 Upon a dissolution no member to receive profit. Proviso for Joint-stock Companies
- 15 Who is a Member
- 16 Governing body defined
- 17 Registration of societies formed before Act
- 18 Such societies to file memorandum, etc., with Registrar of Joint-stock Companies
- 19 Inspection of documents, Certified copies
- 20 To what societies the Act shall apply
