Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012

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    "title": "Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012",
    "short_title": "Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012",
    "act_number": "Haryana Act No. 1 of 2012",
    "act_year": 2012,
    "act_type": "STATE",
    "location": "Haryana",
    "law_status": "unknown",
    "enactment_date": null,
    "description": "Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012",
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        {
            "number": "1",
            "title": "1. Short title, extent and commencement.",
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            "number": "2",
            "title": "2. Definitions.",
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            "content": "(i) Act means the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012.;\n(ii) Bye-laws means the Bye-laws of a Society ;\n(iii) Collegium means an intermediate body consisting of elected representatives of members of a Society and required to be constituted in cases where the number of members exceeds three hundred;\n(iv) defunct Society means a Society which is not carrying on any business or operation or has not filed its annual or other returns with the District Registrar continuously for a period, as may be prescribed;\n(v) due date means and refers to the date on which the term of a Collegium or Governing Body of a Society expires and by which the elections of the successor body should be completed;\n(vi) District means a revenue district notified by the Revenue Department under the Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908);\n(vii) District Registrar means an officer appointed under section 3 of the Act;\n(viii) document means and includes register of members, books of accounts, returns, annual returns, other statutory registers, summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal processes, whether issued or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise;\n(ix) elected member means a member of a Society who is duly elected to the Collegium or as an office-bearer of the Governing Body;\n(x) financial year means the period commencing from the 1st day of the month of April of a year and ending with the 31st day of the month of March of the following year;\n(xi) General Body means the body of all members of a Society;\n(xii) Governing Body means the Executive Committee, Managing Committee or any other committee constituted or elected by the members of the General Body or Collegium, as the case may be, and responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs of the Society;\n(xiii) Government means the Government of the State of Haryana;\n(xiv) major means a person of twenty one years of age or above;\n(xv) member means a person who fulfils the eligibility criteria for becoming a member of a Society, as specified in the Act and has been admitted as a member of the Society in accordance with its Bye-laws;\n(xvi) Memorandum means the Memorandum of Association of a Society as originally framed and as amended, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Act;\n(xvii) office bearer means and includes the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Manager, Treasurer or any other member of the Governing Body empowered under the Bye-laws to give directions in regard to the conduct of the business of the Society;\n(xviii) prescribed means prescribed under the rules;\n(xix) public notice means a notice published in at least two newspapers largely circulating in the area, of which one shall be in vernacular and copy of which is also displayed on the notice board of the office of the District Registrar;\n(xx) Registrar means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3 of the Act;\n(xxi) Registrar General means the Registrar General appointed by the Government under section 3 of the Act;\n(xxii) Rules means the rules made under the Act;\n(xxiii) Society means a Society duly registered or deemed to be registered under the provisions of the Act and includes a State Aided Society;\n(xxiv) special resolution means a resolution passed in a meeting of the General Body or the Collegium, as the case may be, in which at least forty per cent of the members entitled to vote are present and the resolution is approved by three-fifth of the members so present and voting.\n(xxv) State means the State of Haryana;\n(xxvi) State Aided Society means a Society which is in receipt of any recurring grant or financial aid from the Government or a local body or any of its entities to manage its facilities or institutions established in accordance with the objectives set out in its Memorandum or its Bye-laws and shall include a Society where any one or more of its institution is receiving aid.\nChapter-II\nOfficers of the Society",
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            "number": "3",
            "title": "3. Registrar General, other officers and their powers.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "4",
            "title": "4. Registrar General and other officers to be public servants.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "5",
            "title": "5. Indemnity for acts done in good faith.",
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            "content": "Chapter-III\nAims and Objects of Society",
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        {
            "number": "6",
            "title": "6. Aims and objects.",
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            "content": "(i) promotion of charity or any philanthropic activity;\n(ii) promotion of arts, education, science, literature, philosophy, religion, industries, skill development, fine arts, etc.;\n(iii) promotion of sports (excluding games of chance);\n(iv) promotion of folk arts;\n(v) promotion of artefacts and handicrafts;\n(vi) instruction and diffusion of any useful knowledge;\n(vii) diffusion of political education;\n(viii) establishment or maintenance of libraries or reading rooms for general public use, or of public museums and galleries of painting and other works of art;\n(ix) promotion of conservation and proper use of natural resources such as land, water, forests and wildlife, and optimal use of infrastructure facilities like roads, power, eco-friendly initiatives and such other resources and infrastructure facilities, as may be notified by the Government, from time to time;\n(x) formation of associations of flats or tenement or condominium or floor space owners pursuant to the requirements as laid down under the Haryana Apartment Ownership Act, 1983 (Act 10 of 1983) or a welfare organization formed for housing projects or a resident welfare organization for the operation, management and maintenance of facilities for the residents or civic amenities of any defined area;\n(xi) the collection of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions, instruments or designs etc.; and\n(xii) implementation and promotion of any Government sponsored schemes in the State:\nChapter-IV\nRegistration of Society",
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        {
            "number": "7",
            "title": "7. Societies not to be registered with undesirable name.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) Co-operative or Land Development;\n(ii) Reserve Bank;\n(iii) Union or State or National or International or Universal or any word expressing or implying the sanction, approval or patronage of the Central Government or any State Government; and\n(iv) Municipal or Chartered or any word which suggests or is calculated to suggest connection with any municipality or other local authority.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "8",
            "title": "8. Approval of name and application for registration.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "9",
            "title": "9. Registration.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "10",
            "title": "10. Evidence of registration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "11",
            "title": "11. Registered office.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "12",
            "title": "12. Change in the name.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 11
        },
        {
            "number": "13",
            "title": "13. Change in name on the direction of Registrar.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-V\nMembership",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 12
        },
        {
            "number": "14",
            "title": "14. Minimum number of members and types of members.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 13
        },
        {
            "number": "15",
            "title": "15. Different fees for different types of members.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 14
        },
        {
            "number": "16",
            "title": "16. Eligibility conditions for becoming a member.",
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            "content": "(i) is 21 years of age on the date of admission;\n(ii) subscribes to the aims and objects of the Society;\n(iii) has deposited the membership fee as prescribed in the Bye-laws of the Society; and\n(iv) is not an insolvent or of unsound mind or have not been convicted of an offence involving moral turpitude, punishable with imprisonment of one year or more.",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "17",
            "title": "17. Identity Card.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 16
        },
        {
            "number": "18",
            "title": "18. Register of Members.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 17
        },
        {
            "number": "19",
            "title": "19. Inspection.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "20",
            "title": "20. Rights and obligations of members.",
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            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 19
        },
        {
            "number": "21",
            "title": "21. Settlement of membership disputes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 20
        },
        {
            "number": "22",
            "title": "22. Cessation of membership.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) upon submission and acceptance of his resignation; or\n(ii) if he ceases to fulfil the eligibility condition for being admitted as a member as mentioned under section 16; or\n(iii) upon his failure to pay membership fee or annual subscription fee continuously for a period, as may be prescribed; or\n(iv) upon the death of a member:",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "23",
            "title": "23. Firm barred from being member.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-VI\nMemorandum and Bye-Laws of Society",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 22
        },
        {
            "number": "24",
            "title": "24. Memorandum.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the name of the Society;\n(ii) the aims and objects of the Society;\n(iii) the names, addresses and occupations of the members of the first Governing Body to whom the management of its affairs is entrusted under the Bye-laws;and\n(iv) the place and the district in which the registered office of the Society is situated.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 23
        },
        {
            "number": "25",
            "title": "25. Bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) identity which includes name and address of the Society;\n(ii) aims and objects of the Society;\n(iii) provisions regulating the membership of the Society i.e. eligibility, admission, kinds of membership, membership fee, subscription fee, resignation, withdrawal and termination etc.;\n(iv) the composition of the General Body, its powers functions, periodicity of its meetings, quorum, period of notice for meetings, manner of voting, record of proceedings etc.;\n(v) principles of formation of electoral colleges, constitution of Collegium, manner and mode of election for a member of the Collegium, resignation, removal, the term of office of the member, powers, functions, procedure and periodicity of holding the meetings of the Collegium, quorum, period of notice for meetings, manner of voting, record of proceedings etc.;\n(vi) composition of Governing Body, the manner and mode of election or appointment, resignation or removal, the term of office of the office bearers, its powers, functions and duties, procedure and periodicity of holding the meetings, quorum, period of notice for meetings and manner of voting, record of proceedings etc.;\n(vii) procedure for amendment in the Bye-laws;\n(viii) procedure regarding amalgamation, division and dissolution;\n(ix) sources of finance including the types of funds to be raised, maintenance of accounts, inspection of accounts and its audit, appointment of auditor, liability of member for discharge of debts etc.;\n(x) provisions regarding the safe custody of the property or assets of the Society, particularly mentioning the manner of keeping or investing any money of the Society; and\n(xi) any other matter relating to the affairs of the Society, as may be required.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 24
        },
        {
            "number": "26",
            "title": "26. Amendment of Memorandum and Bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) change in the name of Society; or\n(ii) change in the aims and objects of the Society, as permissible under the Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 25
        },
        {
            "number": "27",
            "title": "27. Powers of the Registrar to direct amendment in Memorandum or Bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 26
        },
        {
            "number": "28",
            "title": "28. Supply of copy of Memorandum and Bye-laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-VII\nGeneral Body, Collegium and Governing Body",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 27
        },
        {
            "number": "29",
            "title": "29. General Body.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 28
        },
        {
            "number": "30",
            "title": "30. Collegium.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 29
        },
        {
            "number": "31",
            "title": "31. Meetings of General Body or Collegium.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 30
        },
        {
            "number": "32",
            "title": "32. Constitution of the General Body/ Collegium of existing Societies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) to continue with the present number of members; or\n(ii) re-determine the number of members of the General Body by prescription of a revised criteria, including membership fee and annual subscription or special additional charges:\n(i) approve the same and take it on record, if found to be in accordance with the principles as prescribed ; or\n(ii) suggest such modification, as he may consider necessary, and the Society shall reconsider and revise the scheme accordingly.\n(i) such adhoc body or the Administrator shall take steps to hold the elections of the Governing Body, if its membership is within the specified numbers;\n(ii) prepare and submit a scheme for determination of the electoral colleges and constitution of a Collegium or determination of the number of members under sub-section (1) above, to the District Registrar, who shall examine the same and cause a meeting of the members of the Society convened and place the same for consideration of the proposed scheme, with or without any modifications.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 31
        },
        {
            "number": "33",
            "title": "33. Governing Body.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) a copy of the register within a period of thirty days from the date of appointment or election of the office-bearers;\n(ii) a notice of every change in the office-bearer within a period of thirty days, from the date of such change; and\n(iii) the details of the office-bearers alongwith the annual return in the manner, as prescribed under the rules.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 32
        },
        {
            "number": "34",
            "title": "34. Office-bearers, their powers, functions and duties.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 33
        },
        {
            "number": "35",
            "title": "35. Disqualification of office bearer.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 34
        },
        {
            "number": "36",
            "title": "36. Meetings of Governing Body.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 35
        },
        {
            "number": "37",
            "title": "37. Record of proceedings of meetings of General Body or Collegium and the Governing Body.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 36
        },
        {
            "number": "38",
            "title": "38. Notice to accompany copies of balance sheet and auditors report etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-VIII\nElections",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 37
        },
        {
            "number": "39",
            "title": "39. Elections and settlement of disputes.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 38
        },
        {
            "number": "40",
            "title": "40. Settlement of disputes arising from election of Collegium or Governing Body and its office-bearers.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) that any corrupt practice has been committed by such office-bearer (s); or\n(ii) that the nomination of any candidate has been improperly rejected; or\n(iii) that the result of the election, in so far as it concerns such office-bearer, has been materially affected by the improper acceptance of any nomination or by the improper reception, refusal or rejection of any vote or the reception of any vote which is void or does not comply with the provisions of any Bye-law.\nExplanation I.\n(i) induces or attempts to induce, by fraud, intentional misrepresentation, coercion or threat of injury to any elector to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate, or any person to stand or not to stand as, or to withdraw or not to withdraw from being a candidate at the election;\n(ii) with a view to inducing any elector to give or to refrain from giving a vote in favour of any candidate, or to induce any person to stand or not to stand as, or to withdraw or not to withdraw from being a candidate at the election, offers or gives any money, or valuable consideration, or any place or employment, or holds out any promise of individual advantage or profit to any person;\n(iii) abets the doing of any of the acts specified in clauses (i) and (ii);\n(iv) induces or attempts to induce a candidate or elector to believe that he, or any person in whom he is interested, will become or will be rendered an object of divine displeasure or spiritual censure;\n(v) canvasses on grounds of caste, community, sect or religion;\n(vi) commits such other practice as the Government may prescribe to be a corrupt practice.\nExplanation II.\nChapter-IX\nProperty and Funds of the Societies",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 39
        },
        {
            "number": "41",
            "title": "41. Acquisition of moveable and immovable property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 40
        },
        {
            "number": "42",
            "title": "42. Property how vested.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 41
        },
        {
            "number": "43",
            "title": "43. Terms of gift.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 42
        },
        {
            "number": "44",
            "title": "44. Restrictions on the sale or tranfer of immovable property.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) in case the immoveable property is acquired from the Government or any of its instrumentalities or a municipal body or gram panchayat or any other such authority, with the prior written permission of the Government;\n(b) in case the immoveable property is acquired by means of a conditional gift or conditional donation from any source, in accordance with such conditions subject to the prior permission of donor or his authorised representative, and in case the donor is not alive and has left no such authorised representative, with the prior permission of the Registrar;\n(c) any other immoveable property acquired by the Society from out of its own resources or funds or borrowings, with the prior permission of the General Body or the Collegium, as the case may be, through a special resolution.\n(i) where the amount of consideration is not deposited in the account of the Society within three working days, direct such office bearer to pay interest out of his own pocket at the rate of twenty four percent for the period it remained in his possession but such period shall in no case be more than thirty days;\n(ii) where the immoveable asset has been sold or transferred at an undervalued price, recover the difference assessed on the basis of Collector rates from the erring office bearer and deposit the same in the Societys account;\n(iii) where the immoveable asset has been disposed of without the permission as required under sub-section (1) or without complying with the conditions applicable, recover the amount, alongwith any additional amount as assessed on the basis of Collector rates, from the concerned office bearer and deposit the same with the allotting authority;\n(i) removal of any erring person from the office and debarring such person from holding any position in future or removal from membership of the Society ;\n(ii) super-session of the Governing Body and appointment of an Administrator for managing the affairs of the Society; and\n(iii) registration of an FIR.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 43
        },
        {
            "number": "45",
            "title": "45. Investment of Funds.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) in immoveable properties; or\n(ii) in securities of the Government or in National Savings Certificates or other securities of the Government of India;\n(iii) in the Post Office Savings Banks Account; or\n(iv) in a special account opened by the Society for the purpose in a\n(a) Scheduled Bank as authorized or notified by the Reserve Bank of India; or\n(b) Cooperative Bank situated in the State, or in such other mode of investment, as may be prescribed.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 44
        },
        {
            "number": "46",
            "title": "46. Application of funds.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-X\nAccounts, Audit, Filing of Documents",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 45
        },
        {
            "number": "47",
            "title": "47. Books of Accounts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) all sums of money received and expended by the Society; and\n(ii) the assets and liabilities of the Society.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 46
        },
        {
            "number": "48",
            "title": "48. Audit.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 47
        },
        {
            "number": "49",
            "title": "49. Verification of accounts.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 48
        },
        {
            "number": "50",
            "title": "50. Annual and other returns.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) a list of the members duly certified by the President and the Secretary, as on the 31st March of the year, separately showing the deletions and additions during the previous year;\n(ii) a list of the members of the Collegium duly certified by the President and the Secretary, alongwith the list of electoral colleges as on the 31st March of the year, separately showing the deletions and additions during the previous year;\n(iii) a list of the office-bearers alongwith their names, addresses and occupations separately showing the deletions and additions during the previous year, if any;\n(iv) an annual report on the working of the Society by the Governing Body duly certified by the President and Secretary;\n(v) a copy each of the balance-sheet, receipt expenditure statement and the auditors report duly certified by the auditor; and\n(vi) a copy of the special resolution, as and when passed.\nChapter-XI\nAmalagamation and Division",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 49
        },
        {
            "number": "51",
            "title": "51. Amalgamation or division of Societies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-XII\nInquiry and Supersession of the Governing Body",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 50
        },
        {
            "number": "52",
            "title": "52. Powers to call for information or explanation.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 51
        },
        {
            "number": "53",
            "title": "53. Powers to seize records etc.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the records, registers or the books of accounts are likely to be tampered with or destroyed and the funds and the property are likely to be misappropriated or misapplied; or\n(ii) the Governing Body is reconstituted at a general meeting and the outgoing members of the Governing Body refused, to hand-over charge of the records and property of the Society to those entitled to receive such charge; or\n(iii) the office bearer, where the elections of the Governing Body have not been held by the due date, are likely to misuse such documents, funds, records or are reluctant to hand over the records to an adhoc Committee or the Administrator appointed for managing the affairs of the Society as an interim measure, he may issue an order directing a person duly authorised by him in writing to seize and take possession of such document, funds, records and property whereupon the office bearer responsible for custody of such documents, record, funds and property shall give delivery thereof to the person so authorised.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 52
        },
        {
            "number": "54",
            "title": "54. Power to inquire.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(a) on application, be defrayed by the applicants thereof or out of the assets of the Society or by the members of the Society, in such proportion as the District Registrar may, by order in writing direct; and\n(b) on a reference from the District Collector or the Government or the District Registrars, own motion, be defrayed out of the assets of the Society and shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 53
        },
        {
            "number": "55",
            "title": "55. Action on Inquiry report.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) where no irregularities, whatsoever, of procedural or material nature, are found to have been committed by the Governing Body, he shall order closure of the inquiry alongwith information thereof to the Society and complainants, if any; or\n(ii) where the irregularities or violations committed by the Society are found to be of procedural nature, which are rectifiable, he shall direct the Society to take recourse to such corrective measures within such time, as he may direct:\n(iii) where the irregularities or violations committed by the Society are found to be of a serious or material nature (e.g. relating to memberships, financial mis-management or financial irregularities or fraud or subversion of the objects of the Society), the Registrar shall forward the matter to the Registrar General alongwith his recommendations for appropriate action against the Society; or\n(iv) pass any other appropriate order to meet the ends of justice.",
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        {
            "number": "56",
            "title": "56. Supersession of Governing Body and appointment of Administrator.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-XIII\nSuspension, Cancellation and Dissolution",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 55
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        {
            "number": "57",
            "title": "57. Removal of defunct Society and cancellation of their registration.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "58",
            "title": "58. Cancellation of Registration of a Society with no assets and liabilities.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "59",
            "title": "59. Cancellation of registration upon inquiry.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) that the Society has contravened any of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder; or\n(ii) that the Society is insolvent, or must necessarily become so; or\n(iii) that the business of any such Society is conducted fraudulently or not in accordance with its Bye-laws or the aims and objects specified in its Memorandum; or\n(iv) that it is carrying on any unlawful activity or allowing unlawful activity to be carried on in the premises under its control, order an inquiry to be conducted by the District Registrar or any other officer authorized by him.\nExplanation.",
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        {
            "number": "60",
            "title": "60. Effect of cancellation.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "61",
            "title": "61. Dissolution on directions by Registrar.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) direct the Society to complete the process of its dissolution i.e. pass a special resolution, collect all its receivables, and settle all its liabilities, provide the details of any of its assets left over after settlement of the liabilities, and submit a proposal for transfer of its left over assets to any other Society in existence with identical aims and objects;\n(ii) assess the credentials of a Society to whom any such assets are proposed to be transferred by the Society under clause (i) above and may either approve such proposal or direct the Society to place such assets at the disposal of the District Collector;\n(iii) constitute a committee of members of such Society to carry out the process of dissolution of the Society where there is no Governing Body or General Body to carry out the directions under (i) above;\n(iv) be competent to complete the dissolution of the affairs of the Society of his own or by appointing any of his subordinates to do the needful where it is not found feasible to constitute a committee of members of such Society. He shall associate any two members from any other Society in existence for the purpose.",
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            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 60
        },
        {
            "number": "62",
            "title": "62. Dissolution by special resolution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        },
        {
            "number": "63",
            "title": "63. Dissolution by Registrar.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 62
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        {
            "number": "64",
            "title": "64. Disposal of assets.",
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            "content": "(i) in the first instance identify any other Society in operation with identical aims and objects and transfer such assets to such Society; or\n(ii) use such assets, preferably for the purpose for which such assets were created, or for any other public purpose, as deemed appropriate.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 63
        },
        {
            "number": "65",
            "title": "65. District Registrar to make up account after winding up of Society.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-XIV\nSpecial Provisions in Respect of State-Aided Societies",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 64
        },
        {
            "number": "66",
            "title": "66. Chapter to override other provisions of Act.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
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        {
            "number": "67",
            "title": "67. Powers of the Government to issue directions.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 66
        },
        {
            "number": "68",
            "title": "68. Supersession of Governing Body and appointment of Administrator.",
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            "content": "(i) makes default or is negligent in the performance of duties imposed on it; or\n(ii) commits acts which are prejudicial to the interests of the Society, its members or public at large; or\n(iii) fails to resolve disputes with regard to the eligibility of members; or\n(iv) fails to hold elections of the Governing Body; or\n(v) is otherwise not functioning properly,",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 67
        },
        {
            "number": "69",
            "title": "69. Dissolution.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 68
        },
        {
            "number": "70",
            "title": "70. Effect of dissolution.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 69
        },
        {
            "number": "71",
            "title": "71. Powers to divide or amalgamate State Aided Societies.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-XV\nViolations, Fines and Penalties",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 70
        },
        {
            "number": "72",
            "title": "72. Penalties for non-compliance.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 71
        },
        {
            "number": "73",
            "title": "73. Penalty for falsifying any document.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 72
        },
        {
            "number": "74",
            "title": "74. Penalty for furnishing false information or disobeying summons, requisition or other order or direction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 73
        },
        {
            "number": "75",
            "title": "75. Power of District Registrar to condone delay in certain cases.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "Chapter-XVI\nLegal Proceedings",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 74
        },
        {
            "number": "76",
            "title": "76. Society to be a Body Corporate.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 75
        },
        {
            "number": "77",
            "title": "77. Suits and proceedings by and against the Society.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 76
        },
        {
            "number": "78",
            "title": "78. Prosecution of members.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 77
        },
        {
            "number": "79",
            "title": "79. Appeals and review.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 78
        },
        {
            "number": "80",
            "title": "80. Acts not to be invalidated by certain defects.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 79
        },
        {
            "number": "81",
            "title": "81. Mode of service.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 80
        },
        {
            "number": "82",
            "title": "82. Fees for various purposes to be fixed by the Government.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) application for approval of name;\n(ii) application for registration of Society;\n(iii) filing or recording or registering any document required by the Act or the rules made thereunder;\n(iv) inspection of documents in the custody of the Registrar;\n(v) making or granting copies of any entries or documents before or after registration;\n(vi) filing of appeals; and\n(vii) such other matters as appear to the Government necessary to give effect to the purposes of the Act including late fees.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 81
        },
        {
            "number": "83",
            "title": "83. Applicability of provisions of Right to Information Act, 2005.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 82
        },
        {
            "number": "84",
            "title": "84. E-governance and online transactions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 83
        },
        {
            "number": "85",
            "title": "85. Exemptions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 84
        },
        {
            "number": "86",
            "title": "86. Power to issue directions.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 85
        },
        {
            "number": "87",
            "title": "87. Power to make rules.",
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            "content": "(i) draft Bye-laws;\n(ii) conditions and procedure to be followed in making, amending and abrogating Bye-laws;\n(iii) forms and documents required for the registration of Society;\n(iv) Forms and Registers required to be maintained;\n(v) Annual and other returns to be filed alongwith fee;\n(vi) manner and verification of various forms of accounts, returns and registers;\n(vii) qualifications of Administrator, members of the Committee to assist the Administrator, returning officers, observers, and of the persons authorised to hold inquiry;\n(viii) procedure to be followed for dissolution of a Society;\n(ix) inspection of documents kept by the Registrar and the grant of copies thereof;\n(x) custody of books, papers and documents in the Registrars office and the destruction of such books, papers and documents;\n(xi) any other matter for carrying into effect the provisions of the Act.",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 86
        },
        {
            "number": "88",
            "title": "88. Act to override other laws.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 87
        },
        {
            "number": "89",
            "title": "89. Bar of Jurisdiction.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 88
        },
        {
            "number": "90",
            "title": "90. Power to employ.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 89
        },
        {
            "number": "91",
            "title": "91. Power to remove difficulties.",
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            "content": "",
            "footnote": "",
            "is_definition": false,
            "sort_order": 90
        },
        {
            "number": "92",
            "title": "92. Repeals and savings.",
            "chapter": null,
            "content": "(i) the Memorandum and the Bye-laws of any such Society, to the extent these are repugnant to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of the Act and the rules made there under, shall be brought in conformity with the provisions of the Act within a period of two years from the commencement of the Act or within such further period as the Government may allow, and thereafter, to the extent of such repugnancy or inconsistency, be deemed to be void and of no effect;\n(ii) any officer elected or appointed to and holding office immediately before the commencement of the Act shall continue to hold such office until the expiry of his term of office or until such office is lawfully terminated;",
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            "is_definition": false,
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        "Act Number": "Haryana Act No. 1 of 2012",
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        "Act Year": "2012",
        "Short Title": "Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012",
        "Type": "STATE",
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}