Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VI · Unlawful Societies
29. Unlawful societies
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
For the purposes of this Act, the following shall be unlawful societies —
any society or any branch thereof which has been declared unlawful by the Minister under section 31;
any society which is not registered under section 8(3) or any branch thereof;
any branch of a registered society where the branch was established in contravention of section 27(1) or continues to exist in contravention of the proviso to section 27(3);
any society which has had its registration cancelled under sections 13 or 22 or any branch thereof.
Where any society is unlawful under subsection (1), every branch of the society shall immediately thereupon be unlawful and the approval of the Registrar for its establishment shall be revoked, and in that case every branch subordinate to that branch shall thereupon be unlawful.
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.
Society using Triad ritual etc. deemed unlawful society.
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.
Part VII
Enforcement
Part VIII
Offences
Part IX