Himachal Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2006
No: 25 Dated: Oct, 26 2006
THE HIMACHAL PRADESH SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 2006
(ACT No. 25 of 2006)
AN ACT to re- enact the law to provide for the registration and working of literary, scientific, educational, religious, charitable or other Societies in the State of Himachal Pradesh and to repeal the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860) in so far as it is applicable to the State of Himachal Pradesh.
BE it enacted by the Legislative Assembly of Himachal Pradesh in the Fifty- seventh Year of the Republic of India, as follows: -
CHAPTER - 1
PRELIMINARY
1. Short title, commencement and application - (1) This Act may be called the Himachal Pradesh Societies Registration Act, 2006.
(2) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
(3) This Act shall apply to Societies formed for all or any of the following purposes, namely:-
(i) promotion of science, education, literature or fine arts;
(ii) diffusion of useful knowledge;
(iii) diffusion of political knowledge;
(iv) foundation or maintenance of libraries or reading rooms for general use among the members or open to the public;
(v) establishment and maintenance of galleries of paintings and other works of art;
(vi) establishment and maintenance of public museums;
(vii) collection of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions, instruments or designs; (viii) promotion of social welfare;
(ix) promotion of religious or charitable purpose including establishment of funds for welfare of military orphans, welfare of political sufferers and welfare of the like;
(x) promotion and implementation of different schemes sponsored by the State Government or the Central Government;
(xi) promotion of Commerce, Industries and Khadi; and
(xii) promotion of Rural Development;
(xiii) promotion of Sports, including in-door and adventure games but excluding games of chance and betting; and
(xiv) any other charitable or welfare object as the State Government may, by notification published in the Official Gazette, notify.
2. Definitions.-In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires ,-
(a) “Collector” shall mean the Chief-Officer-in-Charge of the revenue administration of a district and shall include a Deputy Commissioner;
(b) “family” means husband, wife and their unmarried sons and daughters;
(c) “financial year” shall mean year commencing on the first day of April;
(d) “general body” means all the member of the Society;
(e) “general meeting” means meeting of the General body of a Society and includes special general meeting;
(f) “Governing body” means the Governing body elected under section 15 of this Act and entrusted for the time being with the management of a Society under its regulation;
(g) “Government” or “State Government” means the Government of Himachal Pradesh;
(h) “member of the Society” means a person who has been admitted in the Society according to the regulations thereof, continues for the time being to be a member of the Society and,
(i) having paid subscription,
(ii) having signed the roll or list of members,
(iii) having not resigned, in accordance with the regulations of the Society;
(i) “prescribed” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(j) “Registrar” means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies appointed under sub-section (1) of section 3 and includes Additional, Joint, Deputy and Assistant Registrars of Societies, appointed under sub-section(2) of the said section when exercising or performing all or any of the powers or duties of the Registrar;
(k) “regulations” or “bye-laws” means registered regulations or bye-laws of a Society for the time being in force;
(l) “Society” means a Society registered under section 6 of this Act; and
(m) “State Aided Society” means a Society which receives or has received aid, grant or loan or has received land, building or both on concessional rates and other facilities from the Central Government or the State Government or any Statutory body or any other agency located in India or abroad.