Malaysia legislation
Section 20
Section 20
(a)
upon its dissolution by the registered youth 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 33;
(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 youth society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for purposes prejudicial to or incompatible with peace, welfare, security, public order or morality in Malaysia;
(iii)
that the registered youth society is pursuing objects other than the objects with which the youth society is registered;
(iv)
that the registered youth society has willfully contravened any provision of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder or of any of its rules or that any members of the registered youth society have habitually contravened the provision 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;
(v)
that the registered youth society has ceased to exist;
(vi)
that the registered youth society has failed to comply with an order made by the Registrar under section 21;
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(vii)
that the registered youth society has failed to comply with the provisions of section 31; or
(viii)
that the registered youth society has contravened the provisions of section 91; and
(d)
upon the registered youth society becoming unlawful under subsection 23(6) for failure to furnish written information.
(2)
Where the Registrar proposes to cancel the registration of any registered youth society under paragraph (1)(c) the Registrar—
(a)
shall notify one or more of the office-bearers of such youth society of his intention to cancel the registration of that youth 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.
(3)
The Registrar may, during the period specified in paragraph (2)(b), by order in writing suspend all or any of the activities of the youth society—
(a)
where he thinks it necessary to do so—
(i)
in the public interest; or
(ii)
in the interest of the registered youth society; or
(b)
to restrain the youth society from further violating any provision of this Act, any regulations made thereunder or any rules of the youth society.
(4)
An order made under subsection (3)—
(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 youth society is cancelled.
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(5)
An office-bearer or any person managing or assisting in the management of a youth society who fails to comply with an order made under subsection (3) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit, and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine not exceeding five hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.
(6)
Where the Registrar cancels the registration of any youth society under this section or under any other provision of this
Act, the provisions of section 25 shall apply to that youth society and such cancellation shall be published in the Gazette.
Power of Registrar to make certain orders in respect of registered youth societies