SOCIETIES REGISTRATION N.W.F.P (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 (N.-W.F.P. ACT NO. III OF 2006)

NOTIFICATION
Dated 16th February, 2006.

No. PA/NWFP/Lcgis-1/2006/4436.— The Societies Registration (North-West Frontier Province) (Amendment) Bill, 2006 having been passed by the Provincial Assembly of North-West Frontier Province on the 31st January, 2006 and assented to by the Governor of the North-West Frontier Province on 07-02-2006 is hereby published as an Act of the Provincial Legislature of the North-West Frontier Province.

THE SOCIETIES REGISTRATION N.W.F.P (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2006 (N.-W.F.P. ACT NO. III OF 2006)
[First published after having received the assent of the Governor of the North- West Frontier Province in the Gazette of the N.-W. F.P. (Extraordinary), dated the 16th February, 2006].
AN
ACT
further to amend the Societies Registration Act, I860, in its application to the North-West Frontier Province.

Preamble.- WHEREAS it is expedient further to amend the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (XXI of 1860), in its application to the North-West Frontier Province for the purposes hereinafter appearing;
It is hereby enacted as follows:-

I.          Short title and commencement.— (1) This Act may be called the Societies Registration (North-West Frontier Province) (Amendment) Act, 2006.
(2)        It shall come into force at once.
2.         Addition of section 21 to Act No. XXI of I860.— In the Societies Registration Act. 1860 (XXI of 1860). after section 20, the following hew section 21 shall be added, namely:
"21. Registration of Deeni Madaris.— (1) All Deeni Madaris by whatsoever name called shall not operate without getting themselves registered as under, namely:
(i)         the  Deeni  Madaris existing before  the  commencement of the  Societies
Registration (North-West Frontier Province) (Amendment) Act, 2006, if not already registered, shall get themselves registered under this Act; and
(ii)        the Deeni Madaris which are established after the commencement of the Societies Registration (North-West Frontier Province) (Amendment) Act, 2006, shall get themselves registered within one year of their establishment.
Explanation.— One Deeni Maddrassah having more than one campus shall need only one registration.

1.  Every Deeni Maddrassah shall submit annual report of its educational activities to the Registrar.
2. Every Deeni Maddrassah shall cause to be carried out audit of its accounts by an Auditor and submit a copy of its report to the Registrar.
3. No Deeni Maddrassah shall teach or publish any literature which promote militancy or spread sectarian or religious hatred:

Provided that nothing contained herein shall bar the comparative study of various religions or schools of thought or the study of any other subject covered by the Holy Quran, Sunnah or the Islamic Jurisprudence.
Explanation.- In this section "Deeni Maddrassah" means a religious institution primarily for religious education and includes Jamia, Dar-ul-uloom, School, College or University, or called .by any other name, set up for purposes of primarily imparting religious education and providing boarding and lodging facilities.".
4.         Repeal.- The Societies Registration (North-West Frontier Province)(Amendment) Ordinance, 2005 (N.-W.F.P. Ordinance No. VIII of 2005) is hereby repealed.
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