Section 18
Existing societies of students
of Educational Institutions (Discipline) Act 1976
(1)
Where on the date of commencement of this Act there stands registered under the Societies Act 1966 or the *Co-operative
Societies Ordinance 1948 of Peninsular Malaysia [F.M. Ord. 33 of 1948], or the Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1958 of Sabah
[Ord. 3 of 1958], or the Co-operative Societies Ordinance of Sarawak
[Cap. 66], any society or co-operative society, as the case may be, whose members are wholly or predominantly students of one or more
Institutions the said society or co-operative society, as the case may be, shall stand dissolved upon the expiry of fourteen days from the date of commencement of this Act, unless during that period the written approval of the Minister is obtained and filed with the
*NOTE—Societies Act 1966 [Act 335] has been revised and named as Societies Act 1966
[Act 832] which comes into operation on 1 December 2021.
**NOTE—The Co-operative Societies Ordinance 1948 [F.M. Ord. 33 of 1948] has been repealed by
s. 95 of the Co-operative Societies Act 1993 [Act 502].
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Registrar of Societies or with the relevant Registrar of Co-operative
Societies, as the case may be.
(2)
Where a society is dissolved under subsection 17(1) of the
Societies Act 1966 shall apply in respect thereof mutatis mutandis as if it were a society the registration whereof had been cancelled under the said Act.
(3)
Where a co-operative society is dissolved under subsection (1) the relevant Registrar of Co-operative Societies shall appoint a competent person to be, subject to the direction and control of such Registrar of Co-operative Societies, liquidator of such co-operative society and the provisions of the relevant Co-operative
Societies Ordinance shall apply to such co-operative society as if it were a co-operative society the registration whereof had been cancelled under that Ordinance and the said liquidator had been appointed a liquidator thereof under section 41 of that Ordinance.
(4)
Where a person who was a member of a society or a co-operative society when he was a student of an Institution had continued to be a member thereof after he had ceased to be a student of an Institution, he shall, for the purpose of determining under this section whether the members of the society or co-operative society are wholly or predominantly students of one or more Institutions, be deemed to be a student of an Institution.
(5)
Any question as to whether the members of any society or co-operative society, as the case may be, are wholly or predominantly students of one or more Institutions shall be decided by the Registrar of Societies or the relevant Registrar of Co-operative Societies, as the case may be, and his decision thereon shall be final and shall not be questioned or reviewed in any court.
Sections 17 and 18 to prevail over Societies Act 1966 or relevant