Section 15
Persons responsible for supplying information
of Societies Act 1966 (Revised - 2021)
The obligations imposed upon registered societies by section 14 shall be binding upon every office-bearer and upon every person managing or assisting in the management of any such society in Malaysia:
Provided always that any such office-bearer or other person shall not be so bound unless he has been served with the order given by the Registrar.
(1A)
Where a notice, order, or other document is served upon a person who has ceased to be an office-bearer of a registered society, he shall forthwith deliver such notice, order or document upon an existing office-bearer of the registered society, or if unknown, shall return it to the Registrar or Assistant Registrar who sent it; and any person who fails to do so shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding three thousand ringgit.
(2)
If any registered society fails to comply with the whole or part of any order given under section 14, each of the persons mentioned in subsection (1) who has been served with the order commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit unless he establishes to the satisfaction of the Court that he has exercised due diligence and has failed to comply with the order for reasons beyond his control.
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(3)
If any information supplied to the Registrar in compliance with an order given under section 14 is false, incorrect or incomplete in any material particular, the person who has supplied such information commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit unless he establishes to the satisfaction of the Court that he had good reason to believe that the information was true, correct and complete.