The changes aim to strengthen the registration process and give more powers to the Registrar of Societies. Read more at straitstimes.com.
The changes aim to strengthen the registration process and give more powers to the Registrar of Societies to ask questions and weed out suspicious applications.
The changes aim to strengthen the registration process and give more powers to the Registrar of Societies to ask questions and weed out suspicious applications. All other societies are registered automatically when they submit an application and pay the prescribed fees – no questions asked. Ms Sun said the individuals would know that if they were to set up a society promoting the interests of a particular race, they would have to do so via the normal route.She said: “To avoid being questioned, this group tries to set up a society with an innocuous aim, such as a history interest group.”
Ms Sun said the review of the penalties was necessary to ensure the deterrent effect of the laws, as the last review of the Societies Act was in 2004.
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