17. Registration of societies formed before Act
Any company or society established for a literary, scientific or charitable purpose,and registered under Act 43 of 1850 7, or any such society
established and constituted previously to the passing of this Act but not registered under the said Act 43 of 1850 may at any time hereafter be
registered as a society under this Act.
Assent required : Subject to the proviso that no such company or society shall beregistered under this Act unless an assent to its being so
registered has been given by three-fifths of the members present personally, or by proxy, at some general meeting convened for that purpose
by the governing body.
In the case of a company or society registered under this Act 43 of 18507, the directors shall be deemed to be such governing body.
In the case of a society not so registered, if no such body shall have beenconstituted on the establishment of the society, it shall be competent for
the members thereof, upon due notice, to create for itself a governing body to act for the society thenceforth.
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