Youth Societies and Youth Development Act 2007 s 17
s 17 Change of name, place of business and rules of registered youth society
(1) No registered youth society shall—
(a) change its name or place of business; or
(b) amend its rules,
without the prior approval of the Registrar, and an application for any such change, or amendment of its rules shall be made to the Registrar within sixty days from the date of the decision to make the change or the amendment.
(2) If a registered youth society fails to comply with this section, the registered youth society and every office-bearer of such youth society shall be guilty of an offence against this Act and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding five thousand ringgit.
(3) For the purpose of this section—
(a) the expression “amend” and its cognate expression shall include a new rule and a resolution rescinding a rule; and
(b) the expression “rules” includes the aims and objects for which a youth society is formed, or which it may pursue, or which its funds may be applied, the qualifications for membership and for the holding of any office, the method of appointment or election to any office, the
rules by which the youth society is to be governed and the method and manner by and in which any of the above matters may be amended.
Malay text (authoritative)
Perubahan nama, tempat urusan dan kaedah-kaedah pertubuhan belia berdaftar
(1) Tiada pertubuhan belia berdaftar boleh—
(a) mengubah nama atau tempat urusannya; atau
(b) meminda kaedah-kaedahnya,
tanpa terlebih dahulu mendapat kelulusan Pendaftar, dan sesuatu permohonan bagi apa-apa perubahan, atau pindaan kepada kaedahkaedahnya hendaklah dibuat kepada Pendaftar dalam masa enam puluh hari dari tarikh keputusan bagi membuat perubahan atau pindaan itu.
(2) Jika mana-mana pertubuhan belia berdaftar tidak mematuhi seksyen ini, pertubuhan belia berdaftar itu dan tiap-tiap pemegang jawatannya melakukan suatu kesalahan di bawah Akta ini dan boleh, apabila disabitkan, didenda tidak melebihi lima ribu ringgit.
(3) Bagi maksud seksyen ini—
(a) ungkapan “pinda” dan ungkapan yang seumpamanya hendaklah termasuk sesuatu kaedah baru dan ketetapan yang membatalkan sesuatu kaedah; dan
(b) ungkapan “kaedah-kaedah” termasuklah matlamat dan tujuan penubuhan pertubuhan belia, atau yang boleh dicapainya, atau penggunaan dananya, kelayakan bagi keanggotaan dan bagi memegang apa-apa jawatan, cara pelantikan atau pemilihan untuk mana-mana jawatan, kaedah-kaedah yang dengannya pertubuhan belia itu ditadbirkan dan, kaedah dan cara dengan dan dalamnya mana-mana perkara di atas dipinda.
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Text as at 1 November 2014 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
