Section 13
Section 13
(1)
Subject to subsection (2), the Registrar may cancel the registration of any registered society in any of the following cases —
(a)
upon dissolution by the Registrar under this Act or upon dissolution by the society, which dissolution shall be verified in such manner as the Registrar may determine;
(b)
where the society has been declared unlawful under section 31(1);
(c)
if the Registrar is satisfied —
(i)
that the registration was effected as the result of fraud, mistake or misrepresentation in any material particular;
(ii)
that the society is being used or is likely to be used for any unlawful purpose or for any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible with the peace, public order, security or public interest of Brunei Darussalam;
(iii)
that the society is pursuing objects other than the objects for which the society is registered;
(iv)
that the society has wilfully failed to comply with or contravened any provision of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder or of any rules of the society;
(v)
that any member of the society has contravened section 4 of the Sedition Act (Chapter 24); or
(vi)
that the society has ceased to exist;
(d)
upon the failure by the society to comply with section 22(1).
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(2)
Where the Registrar proposes to cancel the registration of any registered society under subsection (1)(c), he shall —
(a)
notify one or more of the office-bearers of the society of his intention to cancel the registration of the society; and
(b)
give him or them an opportunity to submit in writing, within 30 days from the date of the notification, reasons why the registration should not be cancelled.
Consequences of cancellation of registration.