23. Persons responsible for supplying information

(1)

The obligation imposed upon a registered society by section 22

shall be binding upon every office-bearer of the registered society and upon every person managing or assisting in the management of such society in

Brunei Darussalam:

Provided that no such office-bearer and person shall be bound unless he has been served with an order made under section 22.

(2)

If a registered society fails to comply with the whole or any part of an order made under section 22, any such officer-bearer and person who has been served with that order is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 unless he proves to the court that he has exercised due diligence and has failed to comply with that order for reasons beyond his control.

(3)

Where a notice, order or other document is served upon any person who has ceased to be an office-bearer of a registered society, he shall immediately deliver such notice, order or document to any existing office-bearer of the registered society or if unknown, shall return it to the Registrar or Assistant Registrar who sent it; and any person who fails to do is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000.

(4)

If any information supplied to the Registrar in compliance with an order under section 22 is false, incorrect or incomplete in any material particular, the person who has supplied such information is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 unless he proves to the court that he has good reason to believe that the information was true, correct and complete.

Disputes.

Terms defined in s 2

Assistant Registrar
Defined · s 2
“Assistant Registrar” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
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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;
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registered society
Defined · s 2
“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
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Registrar
Defined · s 2
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
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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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Report

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Part V

Branches of Registered Societies

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Part VI

Unlawful Societies

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Part VII

Enforcement

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Part VIII

Offences

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Part IX

General

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