Societies Registration Act 1860

REGD. No. D. L.-33002/99 GOVERNMENT OF INDIA Delhi Gazette SG-DL-E-25042026-272090 EXTRAORDINARY PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 106] DELHI, FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2026/VAISAKHA 4, 1948 [N. C. T. D. No. 17 PART IV GOVERNMENT OF THE NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI 2936 DG/2026 DEPARTMENT OF LAW, JUSTICE AND LEGISLATIVE AFFAIRS NOTIFICATION Delhi, the 24th April, 2026 F. No. 14(108)/LA/2026/ala1 /44-53.- The following Act of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi received the assent of the Lt. Governor of Delhi on the 23rd April, 2026 and is hereby published for general information. THE SOCIETIES REGISTRATION (DELHI AMENDMENT) BILL, 2026 (DELHI ACT No. 07 OF 2026) (As passed by the Legislative Assembly of the National capital Territory of Delhi on 27th March, 2026) [24th April, 2026] (AS APPLICABLE IN THE JURISDICTION OF GOVT. OF NATIONAL CAPITAL TERRITORY OF DELHI) An Act to amend the Societies Registration Act, 1860, in its application to the State of Delhi. Be it enacted by the Delhi Legislative Assembly in the Seventy Seventh year of Republic of India as follows:- +---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Short title and | 1. This Act may be called Societies Registration (Delhi Amendment) Act, 2026. | | commencement | 2. It shall come into force on the date on which it is notified in the official | | | gazette by the | | | Government. | +===========================+==================================================================================+ | Insertion of | 12D- After section 12C, insert the following section, namely: | | Section 12D | | | after Section | 12D Registrar's power to cancel registration in certain circumstances.-(1) | | 12C in Act XXI | Notwithstanding | | of 1860 | anything contained in this Act, the Registrar may, by order in writing, cancel | | | the | | | registration of any society on any of the following grounds- | | | | | | (a) that the registration of the society or of its name or change of name is | | | contrary to the | | | provisions of this Act or of any other law for the time being in force; | | | | | | (b) that its activities or proposed activities have been or are or will be | | | subversive of the | | | objects of the society or opposed to public policy; | | | | | | (c) that the registration or the certificate of renewal has been obtained by | | | misrepresentation | | | or fraud; | | | | | | Provided that no order of cancellation of registration of any society shall be | | | passed until | | | the society has been given a reasonable opportunity of altering its name or | | | object or of | | | showing cause against the action proposed to be taken in regard to it. | | | | | | (2) An appeal against an order made under sub-section (1) may be preferred to | | | the | | | Commissioner of the Division in whose jurisdiction the Headquarter of the | | | society lies, | | | within one month from the date of communication of such order. | | | | | | (3) The decision of the Commissioner under sub-section (2), shall be final and | | | shall not be | | | called in question in any court. | +---------------------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------+ MANMEET SINGH WALIA, Jt. Secy. Uploaded by Dte. of Printing at Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064 and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.