Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part III · Registration
13. Cancellation of registration
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar may cancel the registration of any registered society in any of the following cases —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
upon dissolution by the Registrar under this Act or upon dissolution by the society, which dissolution shall be verified in such manner as the Registrar may determine;
where the society has been declared unlawful under section 31(1);
if the Registrar is satisfied —
that the registration was effected as the result of fraud, mistake or misrepresentation in any material particular;
that the society is being used or is likely to be used for any unlawful purpose or for any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible with the peace, public order, security or public interest of Brunei Darussalam;
that the society is pursuing objects other than the objects for which the society is registered;
that the society has wilfully failed to comply with or contravened any provision of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder or of any rules of the society;
that any member of the society has contravened section 4 of the Sedition Act (Chapter 24); or
that the society has ceased to exist;
upon the failure by the society to comply with section 22(1).
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Where the Registrar proposes to cancel the registration of any registered society under subsection (1)(c), he shall —
registered society
“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
notify one or more of the office-bearers of the society of his intention to cancel the registration of the society; and
give him or them an opportunity to submit in writing, within 30 days from the date of the notification, reasons why the registration should not be cancelled.
Terms defined in s 2
registered society
Defined · s 2“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
society
Defined · s 2“society” includes any club, company, partnership or association of 10 or more persons whatever its nature or object, whether temporary or permanent, but does not include — (a) any company incorporated or registered under the Companies Act; (b) any body corporate incorporated or constituted under any written law; (c) any trade union registered or required to be registered under the Trade Unions Act; (d) any company, association or partnership formed for the sole purpose of carrying on any business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association, partnership or by the individual members thereof; (e) any co-operative society registered under the Co-operative Societies Act; (f) any organisation or association that forms part of the curriculum of a school; (g) any school, management committee of a school, parents’ association or parent-teachers’ association registered or exempted from registration under any written law; (h) any organisation or association formed by any Government department or ministry whose members wholly consist of public servants. Appointment of Registrar, Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars.
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Registered Societies
Part V
Branches of Registered Societies
Part VI
Unlawful Societies
Part VII
Enforcement
Part VIII
Offences
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