Registered societies
2 Registration of society.
C11
Subject to subsection (2) of this section—
a
no society shall be registered under this Act if the number of the members thereof is less than F1three; and
b
an application for the registration of a society under this Act shall be signed by F1three members and the secretary of the society and shall be sent with two printed copies of the society’s rules to the appropriate registrar.
2
A society whose members consist solely of two or more registered societies may be registered under this Act if the application for registration is signed by F2. . . the secretary of each F3(or, if more than two, of each of any two) of the constituent societies and is accompanied by two printed copies F2. . . of the rules of the society sought to be registered.
C23
On being satisfied that a society has complied with the provisions of this Act as to registration thereunder, the appropriate registrar shall issue to the society an acknowledgment of registration in the prescribed form which shall be conclusive evidence that the society is duly registered under this Act unless it is proved that the registration of the society has been cancelled or is for the time being suspended.