(1) For purposes of registration, an application to register a society shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed form and shall be accompanied by four copies of the proposed bye-laws of the society.
The person by whom or on whose behalf such application is made, shall furnish such information in regard to the society, as the Registrar may require.
(2) (2) The application shall be signed,-
(a) in the case of a society of which no other society is a member, by at least ten persons qualified in accordance with the requirements of section 6: and
(b) in the case of a society of which a member is a registered society, by a duly authorized person on behalf of every such registered - 10 - society and where all the members of the society are not registered societies, by ten other members, or when there are less than ten other members, by all of them.
Power of Registrar to decide certain questions.
8. Where in connection with the formation, registration or continuance of a society or the admission of a person as a member of a society any question arises whether a person is an agriculturist or not or whether any person resides in a particular area or not or whether any person belongs to any particular class or occupation or not or such other question pertaining to the eligibility of any person to become a member of a society, such question shall be decided by the Registrar and his decision shall be final.
Registration. 9. (1) If the Registrar is satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act and the rules and that its proposed bye-laws are not contrary to this Act or the rules, he may register the society and its bye-laws with such modifications as he may consider necessary:
Provided that no society shall be registered, if in the opinion of the Registrar, it is likely to be economically unsound or is likely to have an adverse effect upon any other society.
(2) Where the Registrar refuses to register a society or its bye-laws he shall communicate the order or refusal together with reasons therefor to the first signatory to the application.
(3) The Registrar shall take a decision within ninety days from the date of receipt of an application for registration of a society:
Provided that where there is a failure on the part of the Registrar to dispose of such application within the period aforesaid the Registrar shall within the period of fifteen days form the date of expiration of that period, refer the application to the next higher officer and where the Registrar himself is the Registering officer to the State Government, who or which, as the case may be, shall dispose of the applications within two months from the date of its receipt and on the failure of such higher officer or State Government, as the case may be, to dispose of - 11 - the application within that period, the society and its bye laws shall be deemed to have been registered.
(4) The Registrar shall maintain register of societies registered or deemed to be registered under this Act.
Classification of Societies.