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    This document provides information on registering a society in Kerala under the Kerala Societies Registration Act of 1860. It outlines the eligibility criteria, required documents, and application process. To register, a minimum of 7 persons can come together to form a society. They must submit a memorandum of association outlining the society name, objectives, and governing members. By-laws governing the society's operations must also be filed. Once submitted along with the required documents and Rs. 1000 fee, the registrar will process the application and issue the registration documents.

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    This document provides information on registering a society in Kerala under the Kerala Societies Registration Act of 1860. It outlines the eligibility criteria, required documents, and application process. To register, a minimum of 7 persons can come together to form a society. They must submit a memorandum of association outlining the society name, objectives, and governing members. By-laws governing the society's operations must also be filed. Once submitted along with the required documents and Rs. 1000 fee, the registrar will process the application and issue the registration documents.

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    This document provides information on registering a society in Kerala under the Kerala Societies Registration Act of 1860. It outlines the eligibility criteria, required documents, and application process. To register, a minimum of 7 persons can come together to form a society. They must submit a memorandum of association outlining the society name, objectives, and governing members. By-laws governing the society's operations must also be filed. Once submitted along with the required documents and Rs. 1000 fee, the registrar will process the application and issue the registration documents.

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    Kerala Society Registration

    Introduction
    Society is an organized group of people with the aim and objectives of non-
    profitable service. Societies registered under the Kerala Society Registration Act,
    of 1860, hold the state of a legal entity. A minimum of seven or more persons
    associated for any literary, scientific, or charitable purpose, or any such
    purpose may form themselves into a society under the Societies
    Registration Act, of 1860. Society can be registered in the concerned Registrar’s
    office in which the District of the Society is intended to be established. In this
    article, we look at the procedure for Kerala Society registration.

    Kerala Societies Registration Act, 1860


    Kerala Societies Registration Act, of 1860 allows for the registration of any Welfare,
    Literary, Scientific, and Charitable Societies. As per the Section 20 under the Act,
    has to include their names in a memorandum of association and the same has to
    be registered in the appropriate application form at the time of the society
    registration.

    Memorandum of Association
    The Memorandum of Association will include the following particulars.
     The name of the society.
     The object of the organization.
     The name, address, and occupation of the governors.
     The name, address, and occupation of the directors.
     The name, address, and occupation of the board or any other governing
    body.
    Note: A copy of the rules and regulations of the society, certified by the governing
    body has to be filed with the Memorandum of Association.

    Bye-Laws of Society
    The Registrar will not allow for society registration unless a copy of its regulations
    is attached to the MOA. The bye-laws contain the following particulars:
     The composition of the Governing Body.
     The maintenance of the register of members and facilities for inspection by
    the members.
     The mode of election or appointment and resignation or removal of the
    persons of the Governing Party, the President, the Secretary, and other
    officers.
     The procedure for holding meetings of the organization, quorum, the period
    of notice for meetings, the method of voting, and the manner of voting by
    proxy, where such voting is allowed.
     The maintenance and audit of accounts.
     The inspection of accounts and the proceedings of meetings held by the
    members of the society.

    Eligibility Criteria
    Besides individuals, the following members are eligible to form a society by
    subscribing to the memorandum of a society:
     Foreigners
     Partnership firm
     Limited company
     Registered society

    Documents Required
    The following documents/ certificates are to be submitted along with the
    application form:
     Bye-laws duly signed by the members along with the seal of the first
    three members, i.e., President, General Secretary, and Treasurer.
     Memorandum of Association.
     Address of village/ward/house number, if any, of all the executive
    members and office bearers.
     Address of the society in the area of function.
     No Objection Certificate of the house owner where the office is
    functioning in a bond paper signed before the Executive Magistrate.
     A certificate of verification of Character and Antecedents from the
    Deputy Superintendent of Police of that area.

    Fee for Registration


    A charge of Rs.1000/- has to be paid to the Registrar for every such Society
    Registration.

    Application Procedure

    Step 1: The applicant has to approach the concerned Registrar with the
    application; an affidavit in a prescribed format along with all supporting documents
    needs to be submitted.

    Step 2: Fill in all the mandatory details such as society details and members of
    society.

    Step 3: Attach all the supporting documents with the form and submit it to the
    office.

    Step 4: After submitting the form, collect the application ID that can be used for
    future reference.

    Step 5: The concerned authority, Registrar, will process the Society Registration
    request and after successful verification, the Registrar will issue the documents.

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