Societies Act · 2010 Revised Edition · Part VIII · Offences
Section 55
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any society, office-bearer or member of any society or any other person who is aggrieved by any of the following decisions of the
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.
Registrar —
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
refusal to register the society under section 11;
register
“register” means the Register of Societies referred to in section 7(1);
refusal to grant exemption under section 18(4) to a disqualified person to hold office in a registered society;
registered society
“registered society” means a society registered under section 8(3);
refusal to approve the change of name or place of business of the society, or the amendment of its rules, under section 16;
refusal to approve the establishment of a branch of the society under section 27;
cancellation of the registration of the society under section 13(1);
order under section 20(1) requiring the removal of office-bearers from office or prohibiting persons, not being citizens of
Brunei Darussalam or permanent residents, from holding office in a society;
order to amend the rules or constitution of the society under section 20(2);
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refusal to approve an auditor or approving an auditor unacceptable to the society, under section 22(2)(d);
making a provisional order for the dissolution of the society under sections 19 or 22(6);
cancellation of the registration of a registered society under section 24(2) for the failure to comply with a notice under section 24(1); or
refusal to grant approval under section 15 to become an office-bearer, may within 30 days from the date of the decision of the Registrar, appeal against that decision to the Minister; and the Minister, whose decision shall be final and not subject to appeal to any court, may confirm, reject or vary the decision of the Registrar.
office-bearer
“office-bearer” means any person who is the president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of any society or any branch thereof, or who is a member of a committee or governing body of any society or any branch thereof who holds in such society or branch any office or position analogous to that of a president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer;
Terms defined in s 2
office-bearer
Defined · s 2“office-bearer” means any person who is the president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of any society or any branch thereof, or who is a member of a committee or governing body of any society or any branch thereof who holds in such society or branch any office or position analogous to that of a president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer;
register
Defined · s 2“register” means the Register of Societies referred to in section 7(1);
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.
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