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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Societies Registration Act, 1860 Section 12

Societies Enabled to Alter, Extend or Abridge their Purposes

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Societies Registration Act, 1860 Section 12 is part of Societies Registration Act, 1860 - Societies Enabled to Alter, Extend or Abridge their Purposes. Read the section text below and explore Indian court judgments that cite it.

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Section Text

Whenever it shall appear to the governing body of any society registered under this Act, which has been established for any particular purpose or purposes, that it is advisable to alter, extend, or abridge such purpose to or for other purposes within the meaning of this Act, or to amalgamate such society either wholly or partially with any other society, such governing body may submit the proposition to the members of the society in a written or printed report, and may convene a special meeting for the consideration thereof according to the regulations of the society;

but no such proposition shall be carried into effect unless such report shall have been delivered or sent by post to every member of the society ten days previous to the special meeting convened by the governing body for the consideration thereof, nor unless such proposition shall have been agreed to by the votes of three-fifths of .the members delivered in person or by proxy, and confirmed by the votes of three-fifths of the members present at a second special meeting convened by the governing body at an interval of one month after the former meeting.

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What does Societies Registration Act, 1860 Section 12 provide?

Section Section 12 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Societies Enabled to Alter, Extend or Abridge their Purposes) is reproduced on this page as part of the Societies Registration Act, 1860. Lawyers and researchers use it to read the statutory wording before checking how courts have applied this section in reported judgments.

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