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Societies Registration Act, 1860
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Act provisions
Section 1
Societies formed by memorandum of association and registrationAct provisionsSection 2
Memorandum of associationAct provisionsSection 3
Registration and feesAct provisionsSection 4
Annual list of managing body to be filedAct provisionsSection 5
Property of society how vestedAct provisionsSection 6
Suits by and against societiesAct provisionsSection 7
Suits not to abateAct provisionsSection 8
Enforcement of judgment against societyAct provisionsSection 9
Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-lawAct provisionsSection 10
Members liable to be sued as strangersAct provisionsSection 11
Members guilty of offences punishable as strangersAct provisionsSection 12
Societies enabled to alter, extend or abridge purposesAct provisionsSection 13
Provision for dissolution and adjustment of affairsAct provisionsSection 14
Upon dissolution no member to receive profitAct provisionsSection 15
Member definedAct provisionsSection 16
Governing body definedAct provisionsSection 17
Registration of societies formed before ActAct provisionsSection 18
Such societies to file memorandum, etc.Act provisionsSection 19
Inspection of documents and certified copiesAct provisionsSection 20
To what societies Act appliesAct provisions
Societies formed by memorandum of association and registrationAct provisionsSection 2
Memorandum of associationAct provisionsSection 3
Registration and feesAct provisionsSection 4
Annual list of managing body to be filedAct provisionsSection 5
Property of society how vestedAct provisionsSection 6
Suits by and against societiesAct provisionsSection 7
Suits not to abateAct provisionsSection 8
Enforcement of judgment against societyAct provisionsSection 9
Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-lawAct provisionsSection 10
Members liable to be sued as strangersAct provisionsSection 11
Members guilty of offences punishable as strangersAct provisionsSection 12
Societies enabled to alter, extend or abridge purposesAct provisionsSection 13
Provision for dissolution and adjustment of affairsAct provisionsSection 14
Upon dissolution no member to receive profitAct provisionsSection 15
Member definedAct provisionsSection 16
Governing body definedAct provisionsSection 17
Registration of societies formed before ActAct provisionsSection 18
Such societies to file memorandum, etc.Act provisionsSection 19
Inspection of documents and certified copiesAct provisionsSection 20
To what societies Act appliesAct provisions
Rules, Regulations, notifications, circulars and directions
Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Rules, 2011Current amended Rules and portal process requiredFCRA statutory forms and portal workflow registerCurrent form version and portal instructions requiredState public trust Acts, Rules and charity-commissioner instrumentsState-by-State source pack requiredState societies registration amendments, rules and registrar circularsState-by-State source pack requiredIncome-tax charitable registration and exemption overlayCross-law overlay; current Income-tax Act/Rules/forms requiredCompanies Act section 8 and CSR implementing overlayCross-law overlay; current Act/Rules/forms required