Certificate of registration

The Andaman and Nicobar Islands Registration of Societies Regulation, 2026

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Chapter IV REGISTRATION OF SOCIETY

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(1) If the Registrar after scrutiny of the documents presented along with the application 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) If the Registrar refuses to register a society, he shall state the reasons therefor and communicate the same to the applicant, within such period as may be prescribed.
(3) Every society registered shall be assigned a distinct registration number.
(4) Every existing society shall apply to the 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.
(5) Where an existing society has not applied for obtaining a new registration number under sub-section (4) within the period specified therein, then it 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 therein and if the society fails to apply for new registration number within the extended period, the registration of that existing society shall be treated as cancelled.
(6) The certificate of registration shall be the conclusive proof that a society is duly registered unless proved otherwise.
(7) 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 and the name of society, registration number and its registered office shall be mentioned in all documents executed in its favour or on its behalf.
(8) 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.

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