The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961
[West Bengal Act XXVI of 1961]
[5th December, 1961]
An Act to provide for the registration of literary, cultural, scientific, political, charitable, religious and certain other kinds of societies and for matters connected therewith.
- Short title, extent and commencement
- Interpretation
- Appointment of Registrar
- Societies to be formed by Memorandum of Association and registration
- Memorandum of Association
- Regulations
- Registration
- Alteration of memorandum and regulations
- Alterations to be filed
- Name of society
- State Government may direct change of name
- Societies to have power to amalgamate with another society
- Name of society to be prominently shown
- Register of members
- Books of account and audit
- Annual general meeting
- Annual and other returns to be forwarded to Registrar
- Property of society how to be vested
- Suits and proceedings by and against a society
- Power to alter regulations (Omitted)
- Members liable to be sued or prosecuted as strangers
- Power of Registrar to call for information or explanation
- Investigation of affairs of a society
- Dissolution by resolution
- Dissolution by court
- Dissolution by Registrar
- Members to receive no profit upon dissolution
- Disqualifications for being member of the Governing Body, etc., of a society
- Inspection of documents and grant of certified copies thereof
- Terms of gifts to be observed
- Communications with a society
- No prosecution to be instituted without previous sanction
- Indemnity
- Limitation
- Power to make rules
- Repeal and savings