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Dissolution
Cap. 313, s. 38 · Revised Edition 2020
(1) If the Registrar, after holding an inquiry or making an inspection under section 37 of this Act or on receipt of an application made by three-fourths of the members of a registered society, is of opinion that the society ought to be dissolved, he may make an order for the cancellation of the registration of the society.
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(2) Any member of a registered society may, within two months from the date of an order under subsection (1) of this section, appeal from such order.
(3) Where no appeal is presented within two months from the making of an order cancelling the registration of a society,
the order shall take effect on the expiry of that period, but where an appeal is presented within two months, the order shall not take effect until it is confirmed.
(4) Where the Registrar makes an order for the cancellation of the registration of a society under subsection (1) of this section, he may make such further order as he may think fit for the custody of the books and documents and the protection of the assets of the society until the order cancelling registration takes effect.
(5) No registered society shall be wound-up except by an order of the Registrar.
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