Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, 1983
No: 12 Dated: Dec, 16 1983
THE MEGHALAYA SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT, 1983
ACT 12 OF 1983
An Act to provide for the registration of literary, cultural, scientific charitable and other kinds of societies and for matters connected therewith. Be it enacted by the Legislature of Meghalaya in the Thirty-fourth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-
1. Short title, extent and commencement:- (1) This Act may be called the Meghalaya Societies Registration Act, 1983.
(2) It extends to the whole of Meghalaya.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notifications in the officials Gazette appoint.
2. Definitions:- In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-
(a) “Court” means the principal civil court of original jurisdiction of the district within which the registered office of the society is situate.
(b) “Governing body” means the body , by whatever name called, entrusted for the time being with the management of a society under its regulation;
(c) “Inspector” means an Inspector appointed under Section 22;
(d) “member” when used in relation to a society means a person who has been admitted with his consent is a member of the society according to its regulations;
(e) “memorandum” means the memorandum of association of the society;
(f) “officer” means member of the Governing body, the President, the Secretary or any other office bearer and includes also an employee of the society whose work is not of a purely ministerial nature;
(g) “officer in default” means any officer who contravenes, fails or refuses to comply with any requirement under this Act or who authorises or permits such contravention, failure or refusal;
(h) “President” means the President, the Chairman or the formal head, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as the formal head;
(i) “registered office” means the registered office mentioned in the memorandum;
(j) “Registrar” it means a person appointed as Registrar under Section 3 and includes any person empowered as such under that section ;
(k) “regulation” means the regulation made by a society and, in relation to a society deemed to have been registered under sub-section (2) of Section 37 of this Act and include its rules;
(l) “rules” mean rules made by the State Government under Section 36;
(m) “Secretary” means the Secretary or the principal executive officer, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as Secretary;
(n) “Section” means a section of this Act;
(o) “Societies” mean a society registered or deemed to have been registered under this Act;
(p) “State Government” means the Government of Meghalaya;
(q) “votes of three-fourths of the members” mean the votes of at least three-fourths of the total membership in a society given at any general meeting of the society including votes, by proxy where voting by proxy is allowed under its regulations.