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Incorporated Societies Act 2022

Administration of societies - Members

75: Registrar may act if society has fewer than 10 members

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"What happens if a society has fewer than 10 members?"

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If you are part of a society with fewer than 10 members, the Registrar might send you a written notice. The notice will tell you to increase your membership to comply with section 74. You will have 6 months to do this. If you do not comply with section 74 within 6 months, the Registrar might apply to the High Court to put your society into liquidation. The Registrar might also remove your society from the register under subpart 1 of Part 5. After the 6-month period, the Registrar can make an application under section 212 or act under subpart 1 of Part 5 if your society still does not comply.

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Part 3Administration of societies
Members

75Registrar may act if society has fewer than 10 members

  1. The Registrar may, if the Registrar is satisfied that a society has fewer than 10 members, give the society written notice—

  2. requiring it to increase its membership in order to comply with section 74; and
    1. informing it that, if the society does not comply with that section within 6 months after the date of the notice, the Registrar may—
      1. apply to the High Court to put the society into liquidation; or
        1. remove the society from the register under subpart 1 of Part 5.

        2. The Registrar may, if the society does not comply with section 74 at the end of the 6-month period after the date of the notice,—

        3. make an application under section 212; or
          1. act under subpart 1 of Part 5.