Section 9 — YOUTH SOCIETIES AND YOUTH DEVELOPMENT ACT 2007

(2)

The Registrar may refuse to register a youth society if—

(a)

he is satisfied that such youth society is a branch of any youth society whose registration has been cancelled under paragraph 20(1)(c) or under the Societies Act 1966;

(b)

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

(c)

a dispute exists among the members of such 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 resolved.

(3)

The Registrar shall refuse to register a youth society if—

(a)

it appears to him that such 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 or morality in Malaysia;

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(b)

the society has been declared by the Minister to be unlawful under section 33;

(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;

(ii)

is identical to that of any other existing youth 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 Second Schedule or any other matters which the Registrar may reasonably require.

(4)

Where the Registrar has refused to register a youth society under this section, the provisions of section 25 shall apply to that youth society.

(5)

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

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