Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VIII · Offences
50. Fraud, false declaration and misappropriation
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who, with intent to mislead or defraud, gives to any person —
a copy of any laws, regulations, rules or other document, other than the rules of a registered society, on the pretence that they are the existing rules of that society or that there are no other rules of the society; or
registered society
“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
a copy of any rules on the pretence that those rules are the rules of a registered society when the society is not registered, is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding
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.
$5,000, imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years or both.
Terms defined in s 2
registered society
Defined · s 2“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
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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