Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VII · Enforcement
34. Prosecutions
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Except in the case of a person charged under sections 20, 30,
33(5) or 44 and of a person arrested under section 32, a prosecution under this Act shall not be instituted except by or with the consent of the Public
Prosecutor:
Provided that the person charged with any such offence may be arrested or a warrant for his arrest may be issued and executed, and any such person may be remanded in custody or on bail, notwithstanding that the consent of the Public Prosecutor to the institution of a prosecution for the offence has not been obtained, but the case shall not be further prosecuted until that consent has been obtained.
When a person is brought before a court under this section before the Public Prosecutor has consented to the prosecution, the charge shall be explained to him but he shall not be called upon to plead, and the provisions of the law relating to criminal procedure shall be modified accordingly.
In any prosecution under this Act, a certificate sealed with the seal of the Registrar and purporting to be signed by the Registrar that a society is or is not a registered society or, having been registered, has been dissolved shall be admitted as conclusive evidence of the facts stated in such certificate.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
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.