Clause 19

Where on complaint made by a member of a registered society or by the Registrar it is shown to the satisfaction of a District Court or a Magistrate’s Court that any officer or member of that society has in his possession or control any property of the society otherwise than in accordance with the rules of the society, or has unlawfully withheld any money of the society or wilfully applied such money to purposes other than those expressed or directed in the rules of the society and authorised by this Act, the Court shall, if it considers the justice of the case so requires, order such officer or member to deliver all such property to the trustees of the society or such other persons as the Court may appoint and to pay to them the money so unlawfully withheld or improperly applied.

A complaint made under subsection (1) of this section other than a complaint made by the Registrar shall not be entertained unless the Court is satisfied that the complainant is, on the date of the complaint, a member of the registered society in respect of the property of which such complaint is so made.

Any person bound by an order made under subsection (1) of this section who fails to comply with the terms thereof and the directions given therein within a time to be specified in such order shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding one thousand dollars.

An order made under subsection (1) of this section shall not affect or prevent a prosecution of, or civil proceedings against, any such officer or member.