.....at the end thereof, the words "business or got its accounts audited; or" shall be inserted. Section 12 - Amendment of section 139 In Principal Act, section 139 shall be renumbered as sub-section (1) of that section and after sub-section (1) as so renumbered the following sub-sections shall be inserted, namely: - "(2) Where a member or creditor having interest in affairs of a society seeking information prefers an appeal to the Registrar stating that the officer of the society without any reasonable cause, has refused to receive his application for providing information or has not furnished information within the time specified under sub-section (1) or has refused the request for information or knowingly given incorrect information or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information, the Registrar, after affording a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the officer of the society and the appellant, may either reject the appeal; or direct the officer of the society to furnish information within the period specified in the order or such extended period as may be allowed, and in case of default the Registrar may impose a penalty of two hundred and fifty rupees each.....
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