Singapore legislation
Section 4A
Section 4A
Registration of societies not specified in Schedule
(1)
A society may apply to be registered under this section if it is not a specified society.
(2)
An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by —
the prescribed fee for the purposes of registration under this section;
a copy of the proposed rules of the society;
a declaration in such form as the Registrar may require as to the object, purpose or activity of the society; and
such other documents and duly completed forms as the Registrar may require.
(3)
The Registrar shall, on the basis of an application under subsection (2) in respect of a society and without making any further inquiry —
register the society on the date he receives the application; and
inform the applicant that he has received the application and registered the society.
(4)
The Registrar shall, by notification in the Gazette, publish such particulars as he thinks fit in respect of every society registered under this section.
(5)
Notwithstanding subsection (3)(a), where it appears to the Registrar that any society registered under that subsection ought not to have been so registered by reason that it is a specified society —
the Registrar shall recover from that society as a debt due to the Government any difference in the amount of the prescribed fee for the purposes of registration under this section and section 4; and
that society shall, by virtue of this subsection, be deemed to be registered under section 4 on the date of its registration.
(6)
Nothing in subsection (5) shall be construed as preventing the Minister from exercising any of his powers under section 24 in respect of any society referred to in that subsection.