Section 13 — SOCIETIES ACT 1966 (REVISED - 2021)

(a)

upon its dissolution by the registered society to be verified in such manner as the Registrar may require or upon dissolution by the Registrar in accordance with this Act;

(b)

on the order made by the Minister under section 5;

(c)

if the Registrar is satisfied—

(i)

that the registration was effected as the result of a fraud or a mistake or misrepresentation in any material particular;

(ii)

that the registered society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for purposes prejudicial to or incompatible with peace, welfare, good order or morality in Malaysia;

(iii)

that the registered society is pursuing objects other than the objects with which the registered society is registered;

(iv)

that the registered society has wilfully contravened any provisions of this Act or of any regulations made under this Act or of any of its rules or that any members of the society have habitually contravened the provisions of subsection 4(1) of the Sedition Act 1948 [Act 15] by any acts or utterances to which paragraph 3(1)(f) of that Act applies;

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(v)

that the registered society has ceased to exist;

(vi)

that the registered society has failed to comply with an order made by the Registrar under section 13A;

(vii)

that the registered society has failed to comply with the provisions of section 2A;

(viii)

that the registered society has contravened the provisions of section 52; or

(ix)

that the registered society has failed to comply with the notice served by the Registrar under subsection 16(1); and

(d)

upon the registered society becoming unlawful under subsection 14(7) for failure to furnish written information.

(2)

Where the Registrar proposes to cancel the registration of any registered society under paragraph (1)(c) the Registrar—

(a)

shall notify one or more of the office-bearers such society of his intention to cancel the registration of that society;

and

(b)

shall give him or them an opportunity to submit reasons in writing within thirty days from the date of the notification why the registration should not be cancelled.

(2A)

The Registrar may, during the period specified in paragraph (2)(b), by order in writing suspend all or any of the activities of the registered society—

(a)

where he thinks it necessary to do so—

(i)

in the public interest; or

(ii)

in the interest of the registered society; or

(b)

in order to restrain the registered society from further infringing or violating any provision of this Act, any regulations made under this Act or any rules of the society.

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(2B)

An order made under subsection (2A)—

(a)

may contain such conditions as the Registrar deems necessary or expedient; and

(b)

shall continue in force until the order is revoked or the registration of the society is cancelled.

(2C)

An office-bearer or any person managing or assisting in the management of a society who fails to comply with an order made under subsection (2A) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit, and where the offence is a continuing one shall, in addition, be liable to a daily fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for each day after the first day during which the offence continues.

(3)

Where the Registrar cancels the registration of a registered society under this section or under any other provision of this

Act, section 17 shall apply to that registered society and such cancellation shall be published in the Gazette.

Power of Registrar to make certain orders in respect of registered societies