Chapter XIV MISCELLANEOUS

Where any society fails to rectify the defects as directed by the Registrar and where no appeal has been made to the Registrar General under sub-section (1) of section 48 or where such appeal has been made and the Registrar General has not annulled, reversed or modified the order, the Registrar may take steps to have the defects rectified and may recover the cost, which were incurred for rectification of such defects, from the officers of the society who, in his opinion, have failed to rectify the defects.

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The District Registrar may, upon an application in writing by any society and on sufficient cause being shown, allow further time to such society to comply with any of the provisions of this Regulation on payment of such late fees, as may be prescribed.

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1. (1) Any person or society, aggrieved––
   • (a) by an order imposing penalty under section 42 or section 43 or section 44; or
   • (b) by any other order passed under this Regulation, shall have the following recourse, namely:––
     • (i) the society concerned may make an appeal, against such order to the Registrar General within a period of sixty days from the date of the imposition of such penalty; and
     • (ii) the Registrar General may, in deciding the appeal, by order, annul, reverse, modify or confirm the order appealed against.
2. (2) Any society or person aggrieved by an order of the Registrar General, may file a second appeal before the Government within a period of sixty days from the date of issuance of such order.
3. (3) Any society or person who fails to file the aforesaid second appeal within the period referred to in sub-section (2), and if the society or person has shown sufficient cause for not preferring such appeal within such period, that appeal may be entertained even after the expiry of the said period, but not later than another sixty days.
4. (4) The decision of the Government shall be final and binding on the parties.
5. (5) Every appeal referred to in this section shall be in such form and accompanied by such fee, as may be prescribed.
6. (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, an order passed by the Registrar or the Registrar General may be reviewed by such prescribed authority, on an application filed by the aggrieved party within a period of ninety days from the date of issuance of such order. ---

1. (1) The committee or any office-bearer of the society authorised in this behalf by its bye-laws, may bring or defend any action or other legal proceedings touching or concerning any property or any right or claim of the society and may sue or be sued in its name.
2. (2) No suit or other legal proceedings shall abate due to any vacancy or change in the position of the President, the Secretary or any office-bearer authorised under sub-section (1). ---

A judgment, which shall be delivered against any office-bearer of the society, shall not be enforced against such office-bearer or his property, either movable or immovable, but shall be enforced against the property of the society.

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No act or proceedings of a society or any of its office-bearer shall be deemed to have been invalid merely by reason of any vacancy or defect in the organisation of the society.

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Any notice, order or requisition meant for a society, or for the Governing Body thereof, to be issued by the District Registrar, Registrar or the Registrar General or any other person or body, shall be served on the President or Secretary of the society, and the service on the President or Secretary of the society shall be effectual as if the same had been served on every member of the society.

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All documents filed by a society with the District Registrar under this Regulation shall be deemed to be public documents within the meaning of section 74 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023.

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The Government may, as soon as possible, introduce measures for the effective governance and efficient administration of the provisions of this Regulation, and upon implementation of such measures, all or part of the transactions, forms, payments, and other services under this Regulation, may be administered in electronic or online mode.

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The Government shall be competent to issue such directions to any society, as it may deem appropriate, for the proper enforcement of the provisions of this Regulation and the rules made thereunder.

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1. (1) The Administrator may, by notification, make rules not inconsistent with the provisions of this Regulation, for carrying out the purposes of this Regulation.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Regulation shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both Houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both Houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rule shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule. ---

Save as otherwise expressly provided in this Regulation, the provisions of this Regulation shall have effect notwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in force in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

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1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Regulation, the Administrator may, by general or special order published in the Official Gazette, make such provisions not inconsistent with the provisions of this Regulation as appear to it to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made after the expiration of two years from the date of commencement of this Regulation.
2. (2) Every order made under this section shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before each House of Parliament. ---

No civil court shall have jurisdiction to entertain any suit or proceeding in respect of any matter which the District Registrar, Registrar or the Registrar General, or any other authority empowered under this Regulation is required to determine.

1. (1) Any dispute relating to membership, including admission, termination or rights of members, shall be decided by the District Registrar or Registrar or such authority as may be specified under the rules and the decision of the Registrar in this regard shall be binding, subject to appeal as provided under section 48.
2. (2) The utilisation or distribution of any surplus, dividend or profit among the members shall be subject to the conditions and limits, as may be prescribed, ensuring transparency and equitable benefit-sharing.
3. (3) The fees payable for registration, filing of documents, inspections, certifications or any other service rendered under this Regulation shall be such as may be prescribed.
4. (4) Any amount due to the Government, the District Registrar or the society under this Regulation, including penalties or prescribed fees, shall be recoverable as arrears of land revenue in such manner as may be prescribed. ---

1. (1) The Societies Registration Act, 1860, in its application to the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, the Societies Registration (Goa, Daman and Diu First Amendment) Act, 1979, as extended to the erstwhile Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the Union territory of Daman and Diu and the Societies Registration (Goa Second Amendment) Act, 1998, as extended to the erstwhile Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli (herein referred to as the repealed enactments), are hereby repealed.
2. (2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or any action taken under the repealed enactments, or under any order, rule, regulation or bye-laws made, or any instructions or certificate issued, in the exercise of any power conferred by or under the repealed enactments, shall be deemed to have been done or taken in the exercise of the powers conferred by the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.
3. (3) Any society registered at any place in the Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu under the Societies Registration Act, 1860, the Societies Registration (Goa, Daman and Diu First Amendment) Act, 1979, as extended to the erstwhile Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and the Union territory of Daman and Diu and the Societies Registration (Goa Second Amendment) Act, 1998, as extended to the erstwhile Union territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, shall be deemed to have been registered under this Regulation, and its principal office shall be deemed to be the registered office for the purposes of this Regulation. (4)
   • (a) The Memorandum and the bye-laws of a society referred to in sub-section (3), to the extent they are repugnant to or inconsistent with any of the provisions of this Regulation and the rules made thereunder, shall be amended and brought in conformity with the provisions of this Regulation within a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Regulation or within such further period as the Government may, by notification, allow, and thereafter, to the extent of such repugnancy or inconsistency, be deemed to be void and shall be of no effect; and
   • (b) any officer elected or appointed to and holding office of a society immediately before the commencement of this Regulation shall continue to hold such office until the expiry of his term of office or until such office is lawfully terminated.
4. (5) Nothing under this Regulation shall affect any right, privilege, obligation, liability or punishment under the repealed enactments.
5. (6) Any investigation or proceedings, including proceedings for dissolution, or the supersession of the Governing Body or appointment of an administrator or constitution of a committee, commenced before the coming into force of this Regulation, shall be continued and conducted under the corresponding provisions of this Regulation.
6. (7) Without prejudice to the provisions of sub-sections (2) to (4), the provisions of section 6 of the General Clauses Act, 1897 shall apply with regard to the effect of repeal.