(1) The Government may, by order, appoint a member of Indian Administrative Services as the Registrar General, who shall exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions, as are conferred upon him by or under the Act.
(2) The Registrar General may, by order, appoint a Class-I officer of the Government as Registrar and other officers of the Government not below the rank of Class-II as Additional Registrar or Joint Registrar to assist the Registrar in the discharge of his functions and empower them to exercise such powers and perform such duties and functions, as may be assigned to them, from time to time.
(3) The Registrar General, may further appoint District Registrars not below the rank of Class-II in the Government, to exercise the powers and discharge such functions and duties, as assigned to them under the Act, in respect of the territorial jurisdiction of one or more districts. He may also appoint certain officers as Deputy District Registrars or Assistant District Registrars not below the rank of Class-II of the Government as per relevant service rules or terms of employment and empower them to exercise such duties and functions, as may be assigned to them, from time to time.
Registrar General, other officers and their powers.
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(4) The officers appointed under this section shall exercise powers, discharge duties and perform functions under the overall administrative control and superintendence of the Government.
4. Every officer exercising or authorized to exercise powers under the Act or the rules made thereunder shall be deemed to be a public servant within the meaning of section 21 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (No. 45 of 1860).
5. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceedings shall lie against the Registrar General or any officer or official subordinate to him or acting under his authority, in respect of anything done by or purporting to have been done by him in good faith under the Act.
CHAPTER III AIMS AND OBJECTS OF SOCIETY
6. Any seven or more persons associated for any of the purposes mentioned hereunder, may, by subscribing their names to a Memorandum and filing the same with the District Registrar, form themselves into a Society. The aims and objects, for which a Society may be formed are,-
(i) promotion of charity or any philanthropic activity;
(ii) promotion of arts, education, science, literature, philosophy, religion, industries, skill development, fine arts, etc.;
(iii) promotion of sports (excluding games of chance);
(iv) promotion of folk arts;
(v) promotion of artefacts and handicrafts;
(vi) instruction and diffusion of any useful knowledge;
(vii) diffusion of political education;
(viii) establishment or maintenance of libraries or reading rooms for general public use, or of public museums and galleries of painting and other works of art;
(ix) promotion of conservation and proper use of natural resources such as land, water, forests and wildlife, and optimal use of infrastructure facilities like roads, power, eco-friendly initiatives and such other resources and infrastructure facilities, as may be notified by the Government, from time to time;
(x) formation of associations of flats or tenement or condominium or floor space owners pursuant to the requirements as laid down under the Haryana Apartment Ownership Act, 1983 (Act 10 of 1983) or a welfare organization formed for housing projects or a resident welfare organization for the operation, management and maintenance of facilities for the residents or civic amenities of any defined area;
Registrar General and other officers to be public servants.
Indemnity for acts done in good faith.
Aims and objects.
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(xi) the collection of natural history, mechanical and philosophical inventions, instruments or designs etc.; and
(xii) implementation and promotion of any Government sponsored schemes in the State:
Provided that no Society shall be registered under the Act unless it prohibits the payment of any dividend or distribution of any assets, income or profits to its members or their dependents or legal heirs except where a Society has been formed or established by the contributions of share holders or members in the nature of a housing Society or a welfare association of flats or tenement or floor space owners pursuant to the requirements laid down under the Haryana Apartment Ownership Act, 1983 (Act 10 of 1983) or a resident welfare association for the operation, management and maintenance of facilities for the residents or civic amenities of any defined area.
CHAPTER IV REGISTRATION OF SOCIETY