(1) For the purposes of registration, an application shall be made to the Registrar in the prescribed form, and shall be accompanied by four copies of the proposed by-laws of the society 5[and such registration fee as may be prescribed in this behalf. Different registration fees may be prescribed for different classes of societies, regard being had to the service involved in processing an application for registration]. 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) The application shall be signed,—
(a) in the case of a society other than a federal society, by at least ten persons (each of such persons being a member of a different family), who are qualified under this Act, and 1 Sub-section (2A) was inserted by Mah. 27 of 1969, s. 4(b).
2 These words were substituted for the portion beginning with “grand-father, grand-mother” and ending with “wife of brother or half-brother” by Mah. 33 of 1963, s. 3.
3 These words were inserted by Mah. 27 of 1969, s. 5(b).
4 This portion was substituted for the original portion by Mah. 27 of 1969, s. 5(a).
5 These words were inserted by Mah. 3 of 1974, s. 3.
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(b) in the case of a federal society, by at least five societies.
No signature to an application on behalf of a society shall be valid, unless the person signing is a member of the committee of such a society, and is authorised by the committee by resolution to sign on its behalf the application for registration of the society and its by-laws; and a copy of such resolution is appended to the application.