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Section 2
The Meghalaya Societies Registration Act No.12 of 1983Meghalaya

Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:-

(a) Court means the principal civil court of original jurisdiction of the district within which the registered office of the society is situate.

(b) Governing body means the body , by whatever name called, entrusted for the time being with the management of a society under its regulation;

(c) Inspector means an Inspector appointed under Section 22;

(d) member when used in relation to a society means a person who has been admitted with his consent is a member of the society according to its regulations;

(e) memorandum means the memorandum of association of the society;

(f) officer means member of the Governing body, the President, the Secretary or any other office bearer and includes also an employee of the society whose work is not of a purely ministerial nature;

(g) officer in default means any officer who contravenes, fails or refuses to comply with any requirement under this Act or who authorises or permits such contravention, failure or refusal;

(h) President means the President, the Chairman or the formal head, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as the formal head;

(i) registered office means the registered office mentioned in the memorandum;

(j) Registrar it means a person appointed as Registrar under Section 3 and includes any person empowered as such under that section ;

(k) regulation means the regulation made by a society and, in relation to a society deemed to have been registered under sub-section (2) of Section 37 of this Act and include its rules;

(l) rules mean rules made by the State Government under Section 36;

(m) Secretary means the Secretary or the principal executive officer, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as Secretary;

(n) Section means a section of this Act;

(o) Societies mean a society registered or deemed to have been registered under this Act;

(p) State Government means the Government of Meghalaya;

(q) votes of three-fourths of the members mean the votes of at least three-fourths of the total membership in a society given at any general meeting of the society including votes, by proxy where voting by proxy is allowed under its regulations.