To what societies the Act applies

Societies formed or established for the promotion of literature, arts, science, sports, any charitable purpose including the care or relief of orphans, or of the aged, sick, helpless or indigent persons, the protection and improvement of the natural environment including forests, rivers and wildlife, the diffusion of knowledge, the dissemination of social or economic education, the establishment and maintenance of libraries or reading-rooms, the collection and preservation of manuscripts, printing, sculptures, works of art, antiquities, natural history specimens, mechanical and scientific instruments and designs and any other object as may be notified by the State Government as being beneficial to the public or to a section thereof.