Section 23
Restriction on nominees
of Societies Act 1966 (Revised - 2021)
No member or subscriber of a registered society may nominate as the person to receive the benefits provided under the rules of the society a person other than the husband, wife, children (including adopted children), grandchildren, mother, father, mother-in-law, father-in-law, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, brothers or sisters of the whole blood, brothers or sisters of the half-blood, children of such brothers and sisters of the whole or half-blood, uncles or aunts of the whole blood, uncles or aunts of the half-blood or children of such uncles or aunts of the whole or half-blood of such member or subscriber:
Provided that a member or subscriber may nominate any other person in writing signed by himself in the presence of and attested by a Justice of the Peace or a Magistrate or the Registrar.