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Chapter:

151 PDFTitle:SOCIETIES ORDINANCEGazette Number:118 of 1997
Section:5Heading:Application for registration or exemption from registrationVersion Date:01/07/1997

(1) A local society shall apply in the specified form to the Societies Officer for registration or exemption from registration within 1 month of its establishment or deemed establishment under section 2(2B) or 4. The application must be signed by 3 office-bearers and include details of-

        (a) the name of the society;
        (b) the objects of the society;
        (c) the particulars of the office-bearers of the society; and
        (d) the address of the principal place of business of the society and of every place or premises owned or occupied by the society.
(2) A local society shall apply in the specified form to the Societies Officer for registration or exemption from registration of a branch of the society within 1 month of the branch's establishment or deemed establishment under section 2(2B) or 4. The application must be signed by 3 office-bearers of the society and include details of-
        (a) the name of the society;
        (b) the name, if any, of the branch and its objects, if they are different from the objects of the society;
        (c) the particulars of the office-bearers of the branch; and
        (d) the address of the principal place of business of the branch.
(Replaced 118 of 1997 s. 4)