Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VIII · Offences
46. Publication etc. of propaganda of unlawful society
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who —
prints, publishes, displays, sells or exposes for sale, distributes or transmits through the post or by electronic means; or
without lawful authority or excuse, has in his possession, any placard, newspaper, book, circular, pictorial representation or any other document or writing whatsoever or which is issued or appears to be issued by or on behalf of or in the interests of an unlawful society, is guilty of an
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offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
Any document or writing in respect of which such person shall have been convicted shall be forfeited.
In this section, “electronic means” means an electronic, magnetic, optical or other medium by or in which information is generated, communicated, received or stored and which is retrievable in perceivable form.
Terms defined in s 2
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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