(1) If the Registrar is satisfied that a society has complied with all the
requirements under this Act, and regulations made under this Act and that its
proposed articles and rules are not contrary to the provisions of this Act, the
Registrar shall register the society and its articles and rules on probation for a
period not exceeding eighteen months.
(2) If at the expiration of the probationary period the Registrar is not satisfied
with the performance of the society, the Registrar may either cancel the registration
or extend the probationary period by a period not exceeding six months; and if after
the extension the Registrar is still not satisfied with the performance of the society,
the registration shall be cancelled.
(3) On registration of a society on probation, a trust under the names of the
society shall be established and the executive body of the society shall be
established as the board of trustees of the society for the period of the probation.
62. Indication of probationary registration
A society which is registered on probation shall state in legible letters in all its
receipts and letter-heads, notices, advertisement or other official publications, that it
is registered probationary and shall indicate the same on a signboard in a
conspicuous position outside any premises or office in which it carries on its
business.
63. Cancellation of registration
(1) At any time during the period of registration of a society on probation, the
Registrar may, by notice in writing to the person responsible for running the
society, cancel the probationary registration of the society stating reasons for the
cancellation and the society shall, from the date of service of the notice, cease to be
a registered society.
(2) The cancellation referred to in subsection (1) shall be published in the
Gazette and in at least one of the prominent newspapers in Uganda.
64. Full registration of society
(1) Where at the end of the probation the registrar is satisfied with the
functioning of the society the Registrar shall fully register the society as a collecting
society.
(2) A society shall, on full registration, become a body corporate by the name
under which it is registered, with perpetual succession and a common seal, and with
power to hold movable and immovable property of every description, to enter into
contracts, to institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings and to do all
things necessary for the purpose of its operations.
(3) If the Registrar is satisfied that a society’s original certificate of registration
has been lost or destroyed, the Registrar may issue a duplicate certificate.