Registration Department : Society Registration Kerala

Organization :Registration Department, Government of Kerala
Facility : Society Registration

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Society Registration :

Societies under this Act are registered by the District Registrar on Malabar Area the registration fee is Rs. 25/-
Travancore Cochin Literary Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act.1955 Societies under this Act are registered by the District Registrars (General) in Travancore area The registration fee is Rs. 100/-

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SOCIETIES REGISTRATION ACT :
An Act for the registration of literary, scientific and charitable societies
Whereas it is expedient the provision should be made for improving the legal condition or societies established for the promotion of literature, science, or the fine arts, or for the diffusion of useful knowledge, l[the diffusion of political education], or for charitable purposes;

Registration and fees :
Upon such memorandum and certified copy being filed, the Registrar shall certify under his hand that the society is registered under this Act. There shall be paid to the Registrar for every such registration a fee of fifty rupees, or such smaller fees as 3[the State Government] may from time to time, direct; and all fees so paid shall be accounted for to 3[the State Government].

Annual list of managing body to be filed :
Once in every year, on or before the fourteenth day succeeding the day on which, according to the rules of the society, the annual general meeting of the societies is held, or, if it rules do not provide for an annual general meeting, in the months of January, list shall be filed with the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies, of the names, addresses and occupations of the governors, council, director, committee, or other governing body then entrusted with the management of the affairs of the society.

Property of society how vested :
The property, movable and immovable belonging to a society registered under this Act, if not vested in trustees, shall be deemed to be vested, for the time being, in the governing body of such society, and in all proceedings civil and criminal, may be described as the property of the governing body of such society for their proper title.

Suits by and against societies :
Every society registered under this Act may sue or be sued in the name of President, Chairman, or Principal Secretary, or trustees, as shall be determined by the rules and regulations of the society and, in default of such determination, in the name of such person as shall be appointed by the governing body for the occasion :

Suits not to abate :
No suit or proceeding in any Civil Court shall abate or discontinue by reason of the person, by or against whom such suit or proceedings shall have been brought or continued, dying or ceasing to fill the character in the name whereof he shall have sued or been sued, but the same suit proceedings shall be continued in the name of or against the successor of such person.