Act Number: 21

Act Name: The Societies Registration Act, 1860

Year: 1860

Enactment Date: 1860-05-21

Long Title: An Act for the Registration of Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies

Ministry: Ministry of Corporate Affairs

Department:

Section 18: Such societies to file memorandum, etc., with Registrar of Joint-stock Companies.
    In order to any such society as is mentioned in the last preceding section obtaining registry under this Act, it shall be sufficient that the governing body file with the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies 1*** a memorandum showing the name of the society, the objects of the society, and the names, addresses and occupations of the governing body, together with a copy of the rules and regulations of the society certified as provided in section 2, and a copy of the report of the proceedings of the general meeting at which the registration was resolved on.
                                STATE AMENDMENT
Union territory of ladakh
    Section 18.--For "Registrar of Joint-Stock Companies", substitute "Registrar of Societies".
[Vide Union Territory of Ladakh Reorganisation (Adaptation of Central Laws) Second Order, 2020, vide Notification No. S.O. 3805(E), dated (26-10-2020).]
Notes:
1. The words and figures "under Act 19 of 1857", rep. by Act 16 of 1874, s. 1 and the Schedule, Pt. 1, see now the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956).
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