Section 2. Definitions

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires:- (a) Court means the principal civil court of original jurisdiction of the district within which the registered office of the society is situate. (b) Governing body means the body , by whatever name called, entrusted for the time being with the management of a society under its regulation; (c) Inspector means an Inspector appointed under Section 22; (d) member when used in relation to a society means a person who has been admitted with his consent is a member of the society according to its regulations; (e) memorandum means the memorandum of association of the society; (f) officer means member of the Governing body, the President, the Secretary or any other office bearer and includes also an employee of the society whose work is not of a purely ministerial nature; (g) officer in default means any officer who contravenes, fails or refuses to comply with any requirement under this Act or who authorises or permits such contravention, failure or refusal; (h) President means the President, the Chairman or the formal head, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as the formal head; (i) registered office means the registered office mentioned in the memorandum; (j) Registrar it means a person appointed as Registrar under Section 3 and includes any person empowered as such under that section ; (k) regulation means the regulation made by a society and, in relation to a society deemed to have been registered under sub-section (2) of Section 37 of this Act and include its rules; (l) rules mean rules made by the State Government under Section 36; (m) Secretary means the Secretary or the principal executive officer, by whatever name called, of a society and includes a person who, for the time being, acts as Secretary; (n) Section means a section of this Act; (o) Societies mean a society registered or deemed to have been registered under this Act; (p) State Government means the Government of Meghalaya; (q) votes of three-fourths of the members mean the votes of at least three-fourths of the total membership in a society given at any general meeting of the society including votes, by proxy where voting by proxy is allowed under its regulations.