SOCIETIES REGISTRATION (WEST BENGAL AMENDMENT) ACT, 1950

Act No. 16 of 1950

30th March, 1950

An Act to amend the Societies Registration Act, 1860, in its application to West Bengal. Whereas it is expedient to amend the Societies Registration Act, 1860 ( XXI of 1960) in its application to West Bengal, for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter appearing; It is hereby enacted as follows:-

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S.1 Short title

This Act may be called the Societies Registration (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1950.

S.2 Application of the Act

The Societies Registration Act, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) shall, in its application to West Bengal, be amended for the purposes and in the manner hereinafter provided.

S.3 Amendment of section 12 of Act XXI of 1860

In section 12 of the said Act, after the words "other society" the words "or whenever the governing body of any society registered under this Act decides to change the name of the society" shall be inserted.

S.4 Insertion of new-sections 12A, 12B and 120 in Act XXI of 1860

After section 12 of the said Act, the following new sections shall be inserted, namely:-

S.12A Registration of change of name

(1) Where a proposition for change of name has been agreed to and confirmed in the manner prescribed by section 12 a copy of the proposition so agreed to and confirmed shall be forwarded to the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies for registering the change of name. If the proposed name is identical with that by which any other existing society has been registered, or in the opinion of the Registrar so nearly resembles such name as to be likely to deceive the public or the members of either society, the Registrar shall refuse to register the change of name.
(2) Save as provided in sub-section (1), the Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that the provisions of this Act in respect of change of name have been complied with, register the change of name and issue a certificate of registration altered to meet the circumstances of the case. On the issue of such a certificate the change of name shall be complete.
(3) The Registrar shall charge for any copy of a certif

S.12B Effect of change of name

The change in the name of a society shall not affect rights or obligations of either the members who were admitted prior to the change or of the society or render defective any legal proceeding by or against the society; and any legal proceeding which might have been continued or commenced by or against it by its former name may be continued or commenced by or against it by its new name.

S.12C Registration of change of names effected in certain cases

If any society registered under this Act has, before the date of the coming into force of the Societies Registration (West Bengal Amendment) Act, 1950, intimated to the Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies the change of its name and if the Registrar has recorded such change, the Registrar may, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, on an application made by the society in this behalf and on payment of a fee as provided for in sub-section (3) of section 12A, register the change of such name and issue a certificate to the society under sub-section (2) of the said section 12A. On the issue of such certificate the change shall be deemed to be complete from the date on which such change was recorded by the Registrar, notwithstanding the fact that the society had not followed the procedure prescribed in sections 12 and 12A.