s 4A Registration of societies not specified in Schedule
4A.—(1) A society may apply to be registered under this section if it is not a specified society. (2) An application for registration under this section shall be accompanied by —(a) the fee prescribed for an application under this section;[Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (b) a copy of the proposed rules of the society; (c) a declaration in such form as the Registrar may require as to the object, purpose or activity of the society; and (d) such other documents and duly completed forms as the Registrar may require. (3) Upon an application under subsection (1), the Registrar —(a) may, subject to subsection (3A), register the society; and (b) upon the registration, must inform the applicant —(i) that the society has been registered; and (ii) of the date of the registration of the society. [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (3A) The Registrar must refuse to register a society under this section if the Registrar is satisfied that —(a) the society is likely to be used for unlawful purposes or for purposes prejudicial to public peace, welfare or good order in Singapore; or (b) it would be contrary to Singapore’s national security or interest for the society to be registered. [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (4) The Registrar shall, by notification in the Gazette, publish such particulars as he thinks fit in respect of every society registered under this section. (5) Despite subsection (3), where the Registrar considers —(a) that any society registered under this section ought to have been registered under section 4 by reason that it is a specified society; and (b) that the society qualifies to be registered, and could have been registered, under section 4, the Registrar may determine that the society be treated as being registered under section 4. [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (6) Where the Registrar makes a determination under subsection (5) that a society be treated as being registered under section 4 —(a) the Registrar must inform the society of the Registrar’s determination; (b) the Registrar may recover from the society as a debt due to the Government any difference in the fee mentioned in subsection (2)(a) and the fee mentioned in section 4(1); and (c) the society is deemed to have been registered under section 4 as on the date of its registration. [Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (7) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Registrar not to, or to refuse to, register a society under this section may within 30 days after the date of the decision appeal to the Minister whose decision is final.[Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024] (8) Nothing in subsection (6)(c) prevents the Minister from exercising, in respect of any society mentioned in that provision, any power under section 24.[Act 34 of 2023 wef 02/05/2024]