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FORMATION
/ REGISTRATION OF A SOCIETY
Minimum
7 or more persons, eligible to enter into a contract can form society
for various bona fide purposes. Under the Jammu and Kashmir Act,
and Telengana Area Act, only 5 persons can form a society.
ELIGIBILITY
Besides
individual, following persons are eligible to form a society by
subscribing to the memorandum of a society:
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Foreigners
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Partnership
firm
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Limited
company
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Registered
society
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Minors
not eligible
REGISTRATION
OF SOCIETY
Place
of registration
The
registration of a society is to be done under the act wherever obtaining
and not in the state where the benefit is claimed.
Once
the persons proposing to form a society have decided upon the name
of the society and have prepared a draft of the memorandum and rules
and regulations the society the following procedures would have
to be adopted for getting the society registered:
Signing
of Memorandum of Association
All
subscribers (minimum 7) should sign each page of the memorandum
and the signature should be witnessed by an Oath Commissioner,
Notary Public, Gazetted Officer, Advocate, Chartered Accountant,
Magistrate First Class with their rubber/official stamp and
complete address.
Documents
required to be filed with the registrar of the society
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Where
there is a reference to any particular existing places of worship
like temple, masjid, gurdwara etc. sufficient documentary proof
establishing legal competents and control of applicant society
over such places should be filed.
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