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The Bill has been drafted generally on the lines of the Mysore Societies Registration Act, 1904, which though based on the Central Act, contains some additional provisions which are very useful safeguards to ensure the proper working of Societies registered under the Act. (Obtained from notification No. 1218 LC, dated 6th November 1958, PART IV—2-A, as No. 1218, at page. 15.) II Amending Act 26 of 1965.—Section 27 as it stands now empowers the Registrar of Societies to conduct enquiries if it appears to him that it is carrying on any unlawful activity or is allowing any unlawful activity to be carried on. The Registrar has jurisdiction over the entire State and he has many other items of work to attend to. It may not therefore be possible for him to conduct all such enquiries by himself. It would be desirable to provide for his authorising some other officers to conduct such enquiries. The amendment empowers the Registrar to delegate the powers of enquiry into the activities of the societies to some person authorised by him. Hence the Bill. ( Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 28th September 1965 at page. 7.) III Amending Act 20 of 1975.—Some of the Societies are finding it inconvenient to render returns on the basis of the calendar year under existing provisions of the Mysore Societies Registration Act 1960. It is proposed to amend the Act so as to enable societies to adopt any periods of twelve months according to their choice. Opportunity has been taken to enhance the fees payable by the Societies for certain purposes in view of the increase in the cost of administration of the department. (Published in Karnataka Gazette, Part IV-2A dated 23rd November 1972, at page. 12.) IV Amending Act 65 of 1976.—When a general body meeting is not or cannot be held and a new governing body is not or cannot be elected, the affairs of a society constituted under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 will go into a stalemate. Where the society is, for example one which has been given large Government aid by way of land or cash, or is running big educational institutions, a stalemate in the top management body would cause much hardship or harm to many and would affect public interest very considerably. When such a stalemate arises, there is no remedy in the existing Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960; there is no provision in the Karnataka Societies Registration Act for the appointment of an Administrator to temporarily manage the affairs of such a society until a valid election is held and a new governing body takes charge. It was therefore considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 to provide for the appointment of an Administrator in the above mentioned situation. Provision is made in general terms that where any society has not held or is unable to hold the annual general body meeting or where the terms of office has been expired and a new governing body has not been constituted or where the State Government consider it necessary in public interest so to do, an Administrator may be appointed for a short period. It is further provided that the Administrator should take steps to convene the general body meeting and hold elections for the constitution of the new governing body before his term expires. In other words the whole thing is a stop- gap arrangement. Hence the Ordinance was promulgated by insertion of new section 27-A after section 27 of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960. (Obtained from LC Bill No. 14 of 1976.) V Amending Act 7 of 1978.—Registration of all Societies is now being done at Bangalore. There are nearly 17,000 Societies in the State. The Registrar of Societies feels it very difficult to have effective control over all those societies. Moreover, inconvenience is caused to the public to come to Bangalore from remote corners of the State for registration of clubs, societies, etc. It is therefore considered necessary to decentralise this work. At present a society could be registered under the Act for the development of among other things, sports other than horse racing. It is considered necessary to extend the scope of the Act to horse racing also. It is considered necessary to increase the total period for which Administrator could be appointed from 2 years to 4 years and to provide for the appointment of an Advisory Council to assist the Administrator. Some other consequential amendments are also made. As the matter was urgent an Ordinance was promulgated. This Bill seeks to replace the said Ordinance. (Published in Karnataka Gazette, (Extraordinary), PART IV—2-A, dated 18th March 1978, as No. 268, at page. 3.) VI Amending Act 48 of 1986.—The proviso to section 27A of the Karnataka Societies Registration Act, 1960 provides for extending the period of appointment of the Administrator prospectively. It is considered necessary to empower the Government to extend the period of appointment of the Administrator, retrospectively also. Hence the Bill. (Published in Karnataka Gazette (Extraordinary) Part IV-2A dated 25th August 1986 as No. 653 at page 3.) VII Amending Act 11 of 1990.—To give effect to the proposals made in the Budget Speech, it is considered necessary to amend the Karnataka Societies Registration Act,