SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1860

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S.1(a) Interpretation

S.1(b) Registrar of Societies and Assistant Registrars

S.1 Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration

S.2 Memorandum of association.

S.3 Registration and Fees

S.3(a) Prohibition against registration of societies with undesirable names

S.4 Annual list of managing body to be filed

S.4(a) Changes in managing body and rules to be filed

S.4(b) Power of Registrar to call for information or returns from governing body of society and provisions relating thereto

S.5 Property of society how vested

S.6 Suits by and against societies

S.7 Suits not to abate

S.8 Enforcement of judgement against society

S.9 Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law

S.10 Members liable to be sued as strangers Recovery by successful defendant of costs adjudged

S.11 Members guilty of offence punishable as strangers

S.11(a) Penalty for contravening section 4B

S.11(b) Penalty for improper disclosure of information or return

S.11(c) Sanction for prosecution

S.12 Societies enabled to alter, extend or abridge their purposes

S.12(a) Registration of change of name

S.12(b) Effect of change of name

S.12(c) Registration of change of names effected before coming into force of Bom. LIII of 1948

S.12(d) Maintenance of accounts and their balancing and auditing

S.12(e) Auditor's duty to prepare balance sheet and report irregularities etc

S.13 Provision for dissolution of societies and adjustment of their affairs

S.14 Upon a dissolution, no member to receive profits. Clause not to apply to joint-stock Companies

S.15 Member defined; Disqualified members

S.16 Governing, body defined

S.17 Registration of societies formed before Act

S.18 Such societies to file memorandum etc., with Registrar

S.19 Inspection of documents Certified copies

S.20 To what societies Act applies

S.21 Pending proceedings and construction of references to Registrar of Companies in instruments issued or made before 1st may, 1957 in Kutch, Madhya Pradesh or Saurashtra area of Bombay State

S.22 Penalties

S.23 Trial of offences

S.24 Power to make rules

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