(1) The District Registrar shall, after scrutiny of the application filed under sub-section (1) of section 7 and the documents presented before him, if is satisfied that the applicant has complied with all the provisions of this Regulation and the rules made thereunder, he shall enter the particulars of the society registered in a register maintained by him in physical or electronic form and issue a certificate of registration in such form and manner as may be prescribed.
Explanation.––For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression “electronic form” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in clause (r) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Information Technology Act, 2000.
(2) The District Registrar may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, refuse to register a society and shall communicate the same to the applicant.
(3) The District Registrar shall decide an application filed under sub-section (1) within such period as may be prescribed in this behalf.
(4) Every society registered under this section shall be assigned a distinct registration number.
(5) Every existing society shall apply to the District Registrar for obtaining a new registration number within a period of one year from the date of commencement of this Regulation or such further period, as the Government may, by notification specify, in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.
(6) Where an existing society has not applied for obtaining a new registration number under sub-section (5) within a period specified therein, then such existing society shall apply for obtaining new registration on payment of such fee, as may be prescribed, within a period of six months from the date of expiry of the period specified in the said sub-section, and if the society fails to apply for new registration number within such extended period, the registration of that existing society shall be treated as cancelled.
(7) A certificate of registration issued by the District Registrar shall be conclusive proof that the society mentioned in it is duly registered, unless proved otherwise.
(8) Every society registered under this Regulation shall prominently display its name along with registration number outside its registered office or any other place where it is carrying on its business or operations, and shall have a seal with its name engraved thereon.
(9) Every society registered under this Regulation shall be a legal entity, by the name in which it has been registered, having perpetual succession and a common seal, with the power, subject to the provisions of this Regulation, to acquire, hold and dispose of property, both movable and immovable, and to contract and to institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings and to do all other things necessary for the furtherance of the aims of the society for which it has been registered.
(10) In this section, “existing society” means a society referred to in sub-section (3) of section 61.
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