Section 17
Change of name, place of business and rules of registered youth society
of Youth Societies and Youth Development Act 2007
No registered youth society shall—
(a)
change its name or place of business; or
(b)
amend its rules, without the prior approval of the Registrar, and an application for any such change, or amendment of its rules shall be made to the Registrar within sixty days from the date of the decision to make the change or the amendment.
(2)
If a registered youth society fails to comply with this section, the registered youth society and every office-bearer of such youth society shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
(3)
For the purpose of this section—
(a)
the expression “amend” and its cognate expression shall include a new rule and a resolution rescinding a rule;
and
(b)
the expression “rules” includes the aims and objects for which a youth society is formed, or which it may pursue, or which its funds may be applied, the qualifications for membership and for the holding of any office, the method of appointment or election to any office, the
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rules by which the youth society is to be governed and the method and manner by and in which any of the above matters may be amended.