Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part III · Registration
16. Change of place of business etc.
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
No registered society shall change its place of business without having previously notified the Registrar in writing.
registered society
“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
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No registered society shall change its name or amend its rules without the prior written approval of the Registrar and without payment of the fee prescribed in the First Schedule.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
An application for any change or amendment under subsection (2) shall be made to the Registrar within 60 days from the date of the decision to make the change or the amendment.
If a registered society fails to comply with or contravenes any provision of this section, the society and every office-bearer of the society is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.
society
“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.
In this section, “rules” include the aims and objects for which a society is formed or which it may pursue or for which its funds or any of them may be applied, the qualifications for membership and for the holding of any office, the method of appointment or election to any office, the rules by which the society is to be governed and the method and manner by and in which any of those matters may be amended.
Terms defined in s 2
office-bearer
Defined · s 2“office-bearer” means any person who is the president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of any society or any branch thereof, or who is a member of a committee or governing body of any society or any branch thereof who holds in such society or branch any office or position analogous to that of a president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer;
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.
Part IV
Registered Societies
Part V
Branches of Registered Societies
Part VI
Unlawful Societies
Part VII
Enforcement
Part VIII
Offences
Part IX