Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Where the Registrar is satisfied that the books and records of a society are likely to be suppressed, tampered with or destroyed or the funds and property of a society are likely to be misappropriated or misapplied, the Registrar or the person authorised by him may apply to the first class magistrate within whose jurisdiction the society is functioning for seizing and taking possession of the records and property of the society. (2) On receipt of an application under sub-section (1), the magistrate may authorise any police officer, not below the rank of a sub-inspector, to enter and search any place where the records and property are kept or likely to be kept, and to seize them and hand over possession thereof to the Registrar or the person authorised by him, as the case may be: Provided that actions taken in the manner as provided in foregoing sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not be subjected to any challenge in any court of law. Securing possession of records etc. Registrar’s power to seize records etc. 44