Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part IV · Registered Societies
Section 25
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Subject to subsection (2) and on payment of the fee prescribed in the First Schedule, documents filed with the Registrar or Assistant Registrar in pursuance to any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be inspected by any person and any copy of any certificate, order, notice or any other document issued by the Registrar or Assistant Registrar in pursuance to any provision of this Act or any regulations made thereunder may be obtained by any person from the Registrar or Assistant Registrar:
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
Provided that the person seeking the inspection or copy shall state the purpose for which he requires it, and the Registrar shall be satisfied that such purpose is a lawful purpose, and that the inspection or copy is not being sought by or on behalf of an unlawful society.
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.
No person, other than a person whom the Registrar is satisfied is a member of a society, shall inspect or obtain from the Registrar or Assistant
Registrar the accounts of such society or a copy thereof.
A copy of or extract from any document received at the office of the Registrar or Assistant Registrar certified to be a true copy or extract under the hand and seal of the Registrar or Assistant Registrar shall, in any proceedings be admissible in evidence and be of equal validity with the original document.
Assistant Registrar
“Assistant Registrar” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
Consequences of order under section 31, refusal to register a society under section 11 and cancellation of registration.
register
“register” means the Register of Societies referred to in section 7(1);
Terms defined in s 2
Assistant Registrar
Defined · s 2“Assistant Registrar” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
register
Defined · s 2“register” means the Register of Societies referred to in section 7(1);
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 V
Branches of Registered Societies
Part VI
Unlawful Societies
Part VII
Enforcement
Part VIII
Offences
Part IX