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TypeBare Act JurisdictionCentral Government

Societies Registration Act, 1860

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https://sooperkanoon.com/act/52086

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Preamble1 - Societies Registration Act, 1860
Section1 - Societies Formed by Memorandum of Association and Registration
Section2 - Memorandum of Association
Section3 - Registration and Fees
Section4 - Annual List of Managing Body to Be Filed
Section5 - Property of Society How Vested
Section6 - Suits by and Against Societies
Section7 - Suits Not to Abate
Section8 - Enforcement of Judgment Against Society
Section9 - Recovery of Penalty Accruing Under Bye-law
Section10 - Members Liable to Be Sued as Strangers
Section11 - Members Guilty of Offences Punishable as Strangers
Section12 - Societies Enabled to Alter, Extend or Abridge their Purposes
Section13 - Provision for Dissolution of Societies and Adjustment of their Affairs
Section14 - Upon a Dissolution No Member to Receive Profit
Section15 - Member Defined
Section16 - Governing Body Defined
Section17 - Registration of Societies Formed Before Act
Section18 - Such Societies to the Memorandum, Etc., with Registrar of Joint-stock Companies
Section19 - Inspection of Documents
Section20 - To What Societies Act Applies

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