6. Refusal to register mutual benefit organisation

(1)

The Registrar shall refuse to register a mutual benefit organisation if he is satisfied that —

(a)

the rules of the organisation are insufficient to provide for its proper management and control;

(b)

the organisation is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for purposes prejudicial to public peace, welfare or good order in Singapore;

(c)

any officer or person managing or assisting in the management of the organisation is not of good character;

(d)

the scheme for the relief or maintenance of the members thereof or subscribers thereto as provided for in the rules and objects of the organisation is undesirable and not in the interest of the members or subscribers;

(e)

the total number of members thereof or subscribers thereto is less than 50;

(f)

the application for registration does not comply with this Act or any rules made thereunder;

(g)

the rules and objects of the organisation are contrary to the provisions of this Act or any rules made thereunder; or

(h)

it would be contrary to the public interest for the organisation to be registered.

(2)

The Registrar may refuse to register a mutual benefit organisation if —

(a)

it appears to him that the name under which the organisation is to be registered is —

(i)

identical with or so nearly resembles that of any other existing organisation as is likely to deceive the members of the public as to its nature or identity; or

(ii)

likely to mislead members of the public as to the true character and purpose of the organisation; or

(b)

no satisfactory evidence has been produced of the good character of the officers or persons managing or assisting in the management of the organisation.

Terms defined in s 2

mutual benefit organisation
Defined · s 2
“mutual benefit organisation” or “organisation” means any organisation which by its objects and rules either as the principal object or as an ancillary object makes provision by voluntary subscriptions of the members thereof or subscribers thereto with or without the aid of donations for —(a)the relief or maintenance of the members or subscribers, their husbands, wives, children, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or wards, during sickness or other infirmity, whether bodily or mental, in old age or in widowhood or for the relief or maintenance of the orphan children of members or subscribers during minority;(b)the payment of money on the birth of a member’s or subscriber’s child or on the death of a member or subscriber or of the child, husband, wife, parent or grandparent of a member or subscriber or on the death of any other person or for the funeral expenses of the member or subscriber or of the child, husband or wife of a member or subscriber or of the widow of a deceased member or subscriber; or(c)the relief or maintenance of the members or subscribers when unemployed or when in distressed circumstances;
Open s 2
officer
Defined · s 2
“officer” means the president, the secretary and members of a committee of an organisation and includes persons holding positions analogous to those of president, secretary or member of a committee;
Open s 2
organisation
Defined · s 2
“mutual benefit organisation” or “organisation” means any organisation which by its objects and rules either as the principal object or as an ancillary object makes provision by voluntary subscriptions of the members thereof or subscribers thereto with or without the aid of donations for —(a)the relief or maintenance of the members or subscribers, their husbands, wives, children, fathers, mothers, brothers, sisters, nephews, nieces or wards, during sickness or other infirmity, whether bodily or mental, in old age or in widowhood or for the relief or maintenance of the orphan children of members or subscribers during minority;(b)the payment of money on the birth of a member’s or subscriber’s child or on the death of a member or subscriber or of the child, husband, wife, parent or grandparent of a member or subscriber or on the death of any other person or for the funeral expenses of the member or subscriber or of the child, husband or wife of a member or subscriber or of the widow of a deceased member or subscriber; or(c)the relief or maintenance of the members or subscribers when unemployed or when in distressed circumstances;
Open s 2
Registrar
Defined · s 2
“Registrar” means the officer appointed as Registrar of Mutual Benefit Organisations and includes an Assistant Registrar of Mutual Benefit Organisations;
Open s 2

Report

Read on from s 7