67Special general meeting or inquiry

67 Special general meeting or inquiry

(1) The registrar shall on the application of a majority of the board or of not less than one-third of the members of any society—

(a) call a special general meeting of the society; or

(b) hold an inquiry into the affairs of the society.

(2) The application shall be supported by such evidence as the registrar directs for the purpose of showing that the applicants have good reason for requiring the meeting or inquiry, and that the application is made without malicious motive.

(3) Such notice of the application shall be given to the society as the registrar directs.

(4) The applicants shall give such security for the expenses of the meeting or inquiry as the registrar directs.

(5) The registrar may direct at what time and place any such meeting is to be held and what matters are to be discussed and determined at the meeting, and shall give such notice to members of the holding of such meeting as he deems fit notwithstanding any provision in the rules of the society as to the giving of such notice.

(6) The meeting shall have all the powers of a meeting called in accordance with the rules of the society, and shall have power to appoint its own chairman, notwithstanding any rule of the society to the contrary.

(7) The registrar may appoint an inspector for the purpose of any such inquiry.

S. 67(8) amended by Nos 16/1986 s. 30, 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 33.2).

(8) All expenses of and incidental to the meeting or inquiry shall be defrayed by the applicants or out of the funds of the society or by any officer or member or former officer or member of the society as the registrar directs, or in any two or more of such ways in such proportions as the registrar directs, and may be recovered in the Magistrates' Court as a civil debt recoverable summarily or in any other competent court.

No. 6138 s. 68.