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After section 1,the following section shall be inserted, namely:- "Definitions- lA. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires :- 2[( a) omitted]; (b) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Societies appointed by the 1[State Government]." 3(3. 2-A.(1) Upon such memorandum and certified copy being filed along with particulars of the address of the Society's office which shall be its registered address, by the Secretary of the Society on behalf of the persons subscribing to the memorandum, the Registrar shall certify under his hand that the Society is registered under this Act, and there shall be paid to the Registrar for every such registration a fee of ten thousand rupees or such smaller fee as the State Government may notify in respect of any class of Societies : Provided that the State Government may by notification in the Official Gazette, increase from time to time the fee payable under this sub-section: Provided further that the Registrar may, in his discretion, issue public notice(s) to such person as he thinks fit inviting objections, if any, against the proposed registration and consider all objections that may be received by him before registering the Society. (2) Notwithstanding anything in sub- section ( 1 ), the Registrar shall refuse to register a Society, if after giving it an opportunity of showing cause against such refusal ; he is satisfied that : (a) the name of the Society is identical with that of any other society previously registered under this Act; (b) the name of the Society sought to be registered uses any of the words, namely, 'Union', 'State', 'Land Mortgage', 'Land Development', 'Co-operative', 'Gandhi' 'Reserve Bank' or any words expressing or implying the sanction, approval or patronage of the Central or any State Government or any word which suggests or is calculated to suggest any connection with any local authority or any corporation or body constituted by or under any law for the time being in force, or is such as is otherwise likely to deceive the public or the members of any other society previously registered under this Act. (c) any one or more of the objects of the Society sought to be registered is not an object mentioned in sections I and 20; or (d) its objects are contrary to any other law for the time being in force: ························································································································································ 1[ J Substituted for 'Administrator' by the Societies Registration (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) (Amendment) Act, 2008 wef 20'h November 2008 (Act no 9 of 2008) '[ J omitted vide Societies Registration (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) (Amendment) Act, 2008 (Act no 9 of 2008) wef 20'h November 2008 (Act no 9 of 2008) 3[ ]Substituted by the Societies Registration (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) (Amendment) Act, 2008 wef 20th November 2008 (Act no 9 of 2008) Provided that the State Government may in exceptional circumstances, for reasons to be recorded permit any society to use the word 'Union' or the word 'Gandhi' in its name, and thereupon, the use of that word in the name of the society shall not be a ground for refusal to register or to renew the certificate of registration of such society. 3-A Renewal of certificate of registration - (1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2), a certificate of registration issued under section 3 shall remain in force for a period of three years from the date of issue : Provided that a certificate issued before the commencement of the Societies Registration (Extension to Arunachal Pradesh) (Amendment) Act, 2008 (hereinafter in the section referred to as the said Act), shall remain in force for a period of three years from the date of such commencement on payment of the difference of the fees specified under sub- section (3) and the fees already paid. (2) A Society registered under section 3 whether before or after the commencement of the said Act, shall on application alongwith a copy of duly audited statement of account made to the Registrar within one month of the expiration of the period referred to in sub- section (I) and on payment of the fee specified in sub-section (3), be entitled to have its certificate of registration renewed for 1[three Years] at a time: Provided that in the case of a society registered before the commencement of the said Act, the Registrar shall refuse to renew the certificate of registration, if, after giving it an opportunity of showing cause against such refusal, he is satisfied that any of the grounds mentioned in sub-section (2) of section 3 exist in respect thereof. (3) There shall be paid to the Registrar with every application for renewal of the certificate of registration : (a) a fee equal to the registration fee payable under section 3 or rupees four thousand, whichever is less, if such application is filed within the period specified in sub- section (2) : Provided that the State Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, increase from time to time, the fee payable under this clause subject to the condition that the fee so increased shall not exceed the registration fee payable under section 3 ; (b) an additional fee of four hundred rupees or such higher fee not exceeding one- fifth of the fee payable under clause ( a) as may be notified by the State Government, if such application is filed within one month of the date of expiration of the period specified in sub-section (2); and (c) an additional fee at the rate of twenty rupees per month or part thereof or such higher additional fee per month not exceeding half of the additional fee payable under clause (b) as may be notified by the State Government, if such application is filed beyond one month of the expiration of the period specified in sub-section (2). (4) Every application for renewal of the certificate shall be accompanied by a list of members of the managing body elected after the registration of the society or after the renewal of certificate of registration and also the certificate sought to be renewed unless dispensed with by the Registrar on the ground of its loss or destruction or any other sufficient cause. (5) A society which fails to get its certificate of registration renewed in accordance with this section within one year from the expiration of the period for which the certificate was operative shall become an unregistered society: Provided that the Registrar may, for sufficient cause, allow an application for renewal more than one year after the expiration of the period for which the certificate was operative on payment of a fee of four hundred rupees or such higher fee not exceeding ten times of the additional fee payable under clause (b) of sub-section (3) as may be notified by the State Government from time to time. ··························································································································································· 1[ I Substituted for "one year' by 'three years" by the Societies Registration (Extension to Arunacha/ Pradesh) (Amendment) Act, 2015 wef 161h March 2015 (Act no 2 of 2015) (6) Where a certificate of registration is renewed in accordance with sub-section (2) or sub-section (5) such renewal shall operate from the date of expiration of the period from which the certificate was operative. 3-B Reference to the State Government -If any question arises whether any society is entitled to get itself registered in accordance with section 3 or to get its certificate of registration renewed in accordance with section 3-A, the matter shall be referred to the State Government, and the decision of the State Government, thereon shall be final. 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