(1) This Act may be called the Rajasthan Societies Registration Act, 1958.
(2) It extends to the whole of the State of Rajasthan.
(3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.
1-A. Interpretation :- (1) In this Act, unless the subject or context otherwise require, -
(i) 'Registrar' means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies for the state:
Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint any other person or officer, by name or by virtue of his office, to be the Registrar for the purposes of this Act, and in such case the person or officer so appointed shall be the Registrar for such purposes, and
(ii)'State' or 'State of Rajasthan' means the State of Rajasthan as formed by section 10 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 ( Central Act 37 of 1956).
(2) The Provisions of the Rajasthan General Clauses Act, 1955 (Rajasthan Act 8 of 1955) shall, as far as may be, apply mutatis mutandis to this Act.
1-B. Societies formed by memorandum of association and registration: - Any seven or more persons associated for any literary, scientific or charitable purposes or for any such purpose as is described in section 20 may, by subscribing their names to a memorandum of association and filing the same with the Registrar, form themselves into a society under this Act.