Enquiry by the Registrar

Enquiry by the Registrar.—(1) The Registrar may, suo motu or on the application of the majority of the members of the governing body or of not less than one-third of the members of the society, hold an enquiry on the functioning of the society directly or by entrusting an officer not below the rank of Sub Registrar by order in writing.

1. (2) The Registrar or the person authorised by him under sub-section
2. (1) shall have the following powers,—
   • (i) he shall, at all reasonable times, have free access to the books, accounts, documents, deposits, cash and other properties belonging to or in the custody of the society and may summon any person in possession or responsible for the custody of any such books, accounts, documents, deposits, cash or other properties to produce the same at any place at the registered office of the society or any branch thereof;
   • (ii) he shall summon any person who, he has reason to believe, has knowledge of any of the affairs of the society to appear before him at his office or at the registered office of the society or any branch thereof and may examine such person on oath;
   • (iii) he may notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or in any rule or regulation prescribing the period of notice for a general meeting of the society, require the governing body of the society to call a general meeting at such time and place at the registered office of the society or any branch thereof.
3. (3) If the governing body of the society refuses or fails to call a meeting, the Registrar or the person referred to in sub-section
4. (2) shall have the power to call it himself and any meeting so called shall have all the powers of a general meeting called under the rules and regulations of the society and its proceeding shall be regulated by such rules or regulations.
5. (4) When an enquiry is made under this section, the Registrar shall communicate the report of the enquiry to the society concerned, and the society shall act accordingly if the Registrar had directed any action on the report.