Section 2
In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Assistant Registrar” means a person appointed as such under section 3(2);
“Deputy Registrar” means a person appointed as such under section 3(1);
“Minister” means the Minister responsible for societies matters;
“office-bearer” means any person who is the president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer of any society or any branch thereof, or who is a member of a committee or governing body of any society or any branch thereof who holds in such society or branch any office or position analogous to that of a president, vice-president, secretary or treasurer;
“register” means the Register of Societies referred to in section 7(1);
“registered society”
means a society registered under section 8(3);
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“Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3(1) and includes any Deputy Registrar;
“school” means any school, college or other learning institution, whether or not wholly maintained or wholly managed or controlled by the Government;
“society” includes any club, company, partnership or association of 10 or more persons whatever its nature or object, whether temporary or permanent, but does not include —
(a)
any company incorporated or registered under the
Companies Act (Chapter 39);
(b)
any body corporate incorporated or constituted under any written law;
(c)
any trade union registered or required to be registered under the Trade Unions Act (Chapter 128);
(d)
any company, association or partnership formed for the sole purpose of carrying on any business that has for its object the acquisition of gain by the company, association, partnership or by the individual members thereof;
(e)
any co-operative society registered under the Co-operative
Societies Act (Chapter 84);
(f)
any organisation or association that forms part of the curriculum of a school;
(g)
any school, management committee of a school, parents’
association or parent-teachers’ association registered or exempted from registration under any written law;
(h)
any organisation or association formed by any Government department or ministry whose members wholly consist of public servants.
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Appointment of Registrar, Deputy Registrars and Assistant Registrars.