s 9 Provisions applicable to registered societies
The following provisions shall apply to registered societies: (a) the movable property of a society, if not vested in trustees, shall be deemed to be vested for the time being in the governing body of the society, and may, in all civil and criminal proceedings, be described as the property of the governing body of the society by its proper title if known; (b) the immovable property of a society may, if not registered in the names of trustees, notwithstanding the provisions of any written law to the contrary, be registered in the name of the society, and all instruments relating to that property shall be as valid and effective as if they had been executed by a registered proprietor provided that they are executed by three office-bearers for the time being of the society, whose appointments are authenticated by a certificate of the Registrar, and sealed with the seal of the society; (c) a society may sue or be sued in the name of such one of its members as shall be declared to the Registrar and registered by him as the public officer of the society for that purpose, and, if no such person is registered, it shall be competent for any person having a claim or demand against the society to sue the society in the name of any office-bearer of the society; (d) no suit or proceedings by or against a registered society in any civil court shall abate or discontinue by reason of the person, by or against whom the suit or proceedings has been brought or continued, dying or ceasing to fill the character in the name by which he has sued or been sued, but the same suit or proceedings shall be continued in the name of, or against the successor of that person; (e) no judgment in any such suit against a registered society shall be put into force against the person or property of the person sued but against the property of the society; (ea) the application for execution of a judgment shall set forth the judgment, the fact of the party against whom it has been recovered having sued or having been sued, as the case may be, on behalf of the society, and shall require to have the judgment enforced against the property of the society; (f) any member who— (i) fails to pay a subscription which, according to the rules of the society to which he belongs, he is bound to pay; (ii) owes money to the society; (iii) contrary to the rules of the society, takes possession of, or detains, any property of the society; or (iv) injures or destroys any property of the society, may be sued for that subscription or money or for the damage accruing from that wrongful possession, detention, injury or destruction of property: Provided that if the defendant is successful in that suit and is awarded costs, he may elect to recover them from the officer in whose name the suit was brought or from the society and, in the latter case, may have execution against the property of the society; (g) any member who— (i) commits theft of, or dishonestly misappropriates or converts to his own use, any money or other property of the society; (ii) wilfully and maliciously destroys or injures any property of the society; or (iii) forges any deed, bond, security for money, receipt or other instrument whereby the funds of the society may be exposed to loss, shall be liable to be prosecuted and punished as if he were not a member; and (h) in the absence of specific provision in the rules of a society, any number not less than three-fifths of the members of any such society for the time being resident in Malaysia may determine that such society shall be dissolved forthwith or at a time agreed, and all necessary steps shall be taken for the disposal and settlement of the property of such society, its claims and liabilities, according to the rules, if any, of the said society applicable thereto and if none, then as the governing body shall direct: Provided that if any dispute arises among the members of the governing body or the members of such society under paragraph (h), such dispute may be decided by the Registrar; and any person aggrieved by any decision of the Registrar under this paragraph may within thirty days from the date of such decision appeal to the Court.