Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012
No: 1 Dated: Mar, 28 2012
THE HARYANA REGISTRATION AND REGULATION OF SOCIETIES ACT, 2012
An Act to to consolidate the law relating to the registration and regulation of Societies in the State of Haryana, promoting art, fine arts, charity, craft, culture, education, literature, philosophy, political education, religion, sports, science, any public or charitable purpose and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Haryana in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India as follows :—
CHAPTER - I
PRELIMINARY
1. (1) This Act may be called the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012.
(2) It shall extend to the State of Haryana.
(3) It shall come into force on such date, as the Government may, by notification, in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act.
2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,—
(i) “Act” means the Haryana Registration and Regulation of Societies Act, 2012.;
(ii) “Bye-laws” means the Bye-laws of a Society ;
(iii) “Collegium” means an intermediate body consisting of elected representatives of members of a Society and required to be constituted in cases where the number of members exceeds three hundred;
(iv) “defunct Society” means a Society which is not carrying on any business or operation or has not filed its annual or other returns with the District Registrar continuously for a period, as may be prescribed;
(v) “due date” means and refers to the date on which the term of a Collegium or Governing Body of a Society expires and by which the elections of the successor body should be completed;
(vi) “District” means a revenue district notified by the Revenue Department under the Registration Act, 1908 (XVI of 1908);
(vii) “District Registrar” means an officer appointed under section 3 of the Act;
(viii) “document” means and includes register of members, books of accounts, returns, annual returns, other statutory registers, summons, notice, requisition, order, other legal processes, whether issued or kept in pursuance of this or any other Act or otherwise;
(ix) “elected member” means a member of a Society who is duly elected to the Collegium or as an office-bearer of the Governing Body;
(x) “financial year” means the period commencing from the 1st day of the month of April of a year and ending with the 31st day of the month of March of the following year;
(xi) “General Body” means the body of all members of a Society;
(xii) “Governing Body” means the Executive Committee, Managing Committee or any other committee constituted or elected by the members of the General Body or Collegium, as the case may be, and responsible for the management of day-to-day affairs of the Society;
(xiii) “Government” means the Government of the State of Haryana;
(xiv) “major” means a person of twenty one years of age or above;
(xv) “member” means a person who fulfils the eligibility criteria for becoming a member of a Society, as specified in the Act and has been admitted as a member of the Society in accordance with its Bye-laws;
(xvi) “Memorandum” means the Memorandum of Association of a Society as originally framed and as amended, from time to time, in accordance with the provisions of the Act;
(xvii) “office bearer” means and includes the President, Vice-President, Secretary, Joint Secretary, Manager, Treasurer or any other member of the Governing Body empowered under the Bye-laws to give directions in regard to the conduct of the business of the Society;
(xviii) “prescribed” means prescribed under the rules;
(xix) “public notice” means a notice published in at least two newspapers largely circulating in the area, of which one shall be in vernacular and copy of which is also displayed on the notice board of the office of the District Registrar;
(xx) “Registrar” means the Registrar of Societies appointed under section 3 of the Act;