Section 7 — SOCIETIES ACT 1966 (REVISED - 2021)

(2)

The Registrar may refuse to register a local society if—

(a)

he is satisfied that such a society is a branch of any society whose registration has been cancelled under paragraph 13(1)(c);

(b)

he is not satisfied that such local society has complied with the provisions of this Act and of the regulations made under this Act; or

(c)

a dispute exists among the members of such local society as to the persons who are to be the office-bearers or to hold or administer any property of the society until the dispute is decided by a Court or by arbitration or by agreement between the members or otherwise.

(3)

The Registrar shall refuse to register a local society if—

(a)

it appears to him that such local society is unlawful under the provisions of this Act or any other written law or is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or any purpose prejudicial to or incompatible with peace, welfare, security, public order, good order or morality in Malaysia;

(b)

the society has been declared by the Minister to be unlawful under section 5;

(c)

the Registrar is satisfied that the society does not exist;

(d)

the name under which the society is to be registered—

(i)

appears to the Registrar to mislead or be calculated to mislead members of the public as to the true character or purpose of the society or so nearly resembles the name of such other society as is likely to deceive the members of the public or members of either society;

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(ii)

is identical to that of any other existing local society;

or

(iii)

is, in the opinion of the Registrar, undesirable; or

(e)

the constitution or rules of the society do not contain provisions for all matters set out in the First Schedule or, if the society is a mutual benefit society, matters set out in the Second Schedule or any other matters which the Registrar may reasonably require.

(4)

Where the Registrar has refused to register a local society under this section, the provisions of section 17 shall apply to that local society.

(5)

Any society that contravenes any condition imposed on it by the Registrar under subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding two thousand ringgit.

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