2. Society
According to section 20 of the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the following societies can be registered under the Act: 'charitable societies, military orphan funds or societies established at the many presidencies of India, the diffusion of political education societies established for the promotion of science, literature, or the fine arts, for instruction, the diffusion of useful knowledge, the foundation or maintenance of libraries or reading rooms for general use among the members or open to the public, or public museums and galleries of paintings and other works of art, collection of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions, designs or instruments.
Legislation: Societies are registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, that is a federal act. The society must not only be registered under the Societies Registration Act, but also, as well, under the Bombay Public Trusts Act.
Main Instrument: The main instrument of any society is the memorandum of association and regulations and rules wherein the aims and objects and mode of management should be enshrined.
Trustees: A Society requires a minimum of seven managing committee members. There is no upper limit to the number managing committee members. The Board of Management is in the form of a governing body or a managing or executive committee.
Application for Registration:
Registration can be done either at the state level or at the district level. The procedure varies from state to state. However usually the application should be submitted together with: (a) memorandum of association and rules and regulations; (b) consent letters of all the members of the managing committee; (c) authority letter duly signed by all the members of the managing committee; (d) an affidavit sworn by secretary or the president of the society on non-judicial stamp paper of Rs.20-/, together with a court fee stamp; and (e) a declaration by the members of the managing committee that the funds of the society will be used only for the purpose of furthering the aims and objects of the society. All the aforementioned documents that are necessary for the application for registration should be submitted in duplicate, together with the required registration fee. The memorandum of association and rules and regulations need not be executed on stamp paper unlike the trust deed.
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