Chapter 7 MISCELLANEOUS

Offences and Penalties.—The President, Chairperson, Secretary or any member who is included or not included in employees, the governing body or any officer of a society who,—

1. (i) contravenes the provisions of section 15; or
2. (ii) wilfully makes or furnishes a false return or makes or furnishes a return or statement which he does not believe to be true; or
3. (iii) any person wilfully or without any reasonable cause disobeys any summons, requisition or lawfully written order issued under the provisions of this Act or does not furnish any information lawfully required from him by a person authorized in this behalf under the provisions of this Act shall on conviction, be punished with fine which may extend to one thousand rupees:

Trial of offences under this Act Trial of offences under this Act.—

1. (1) No court shall try any offence under this Act except upon a report received from the Registrar or upon a complaint by any other person with the sanction in writing of the Registrar, or any other authority to whom such Registrar is subordinate, regarding such offence.
2. (2) On application of the accused and on remittance of the compounding fee as may be prescribed the Registrar shall have the power to compound any offence punishable under the foregoing provisions of this Act and composition shall have the effect of an acquittal of the accused.

Cognizance of offences.—Magistrate of the First Class Court shall try an offence under this Act.

Power to make rules.—

1. (1) The Government may, by notification in the Gazette, make rules either prospectively or retrospectively for the purpose of carrying into effect the provisions of this Act.
2. (2) Every rule made under this Act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made, before the Legislative Assembly, while it is in session for a total period of fourteen days which may be comprised in one session or in two successive sessions, and if before the expiry of the session in which it is so laid or the session immediately following, the Legislative Assembly makes any modification in the rule or decides 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.

Removal of Difficulties.—

1. (1) If any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this Act, the Government may, by order published in the Gazette, make provisions not inconsistent with this Act and which appears to it, to be necessary for removing such difficulty: Provided that no such order shall be made under this Act after the expiry of a period of two years from the date of commencement of this Act.
2. (2) Every order made under sub-section
3. (1) shall, as soon as may be, after it is made be laid before the Legislative Assembly.

Repeal and saving.—

1. (1) The Societies Registration Act, 1860 (Central Act No. 21 of 1860) to the extent to which it is in force in the erstwhile Malabar area referred to in sub-section
2. (2) of section 5 of the State Re-organisation Act, 1956 (Central Act 37 of 1956) shall cease to operate in that area and the Travancore-Cochin Literary, Scientific and Charitable Societies Registration Act, 1955 (12 of 1955) is hereby repealed.
3. (2) Notwithstanding such cessation of operation or repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action taken or deemed to have been taken under such Acts shall be deemed to have been done or taken under this Act.