Martial Arts Societies Act 1976 · Updated to 1 Jan 2006 · Part III · Registration
22. Effect of cancellation under Societies Act and this Act on societies and martial arts societies
Feedback & supportWhere in exercise of any of the provisions of the Societies
Act 1966, the registration of any society registered under that Act has been cancelled, the registration of such society as a martial arts society under this Act shall be deemed to have been also cancelled.
martial arts
“martial arts” or “any form of martial arts” means any of the martial arts specified in the First Schedule or any combination thereof and any other form of physical training, the study or practice of which will enable the doer to acquire the skills to physically defend himself against armed or unarmed attack: Provided that notwithstanding the definition of “martial arts” the Minister may by order published in the Gazette amend the First Schedule;
Where the registration of a martial arts society under this
Act has been cancelled, such cancellation shall not, if it was a society registered under the Societies Act 1966 and subsequent to such registration was registered as a martial arts society under this
Act, affect its registration as a society under that Act.
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