Tamil Nadu Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2017
The Government of Tamil Nadu published the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No. 225A dated 12 July 2017. The Bill proposes to amend the Schedule to the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975, mainly by revising the fees payable for registration related services and for filing documents by societies.
What this document is
The Government of Tamil Nadu published the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2017 in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette No. 225A dated 12 July 2017. It is a Bill, not a final Act in this text. It proposes changes to the Schedule under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975.
What it changes
The Tamil Nadu Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2017 revises amounts in the Schedule attached to the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975.
Key proposed changes include:
- In item 1, the amount is changed from 2,000 rupees to 4,000 rupees.
- Item 2 and the entries connected with it are substituted.
- For filing any document in the first financial year of a society, the amount is fixed at 200 rupees.
- From the second financial year onwards, filing fees are linked to the society's annual income or expenditure in the previous financial year.
- Different slabs are provided for societies based on whether the previous year's annual income or expenditure is up to 1 lakh rupees, above 1 lakh rupees and up to 5 lakh rupees, above 5 lakh rupees and up to 10 lakh rupees, above 10 lakh rupees and up to 15 lakh rupees, above 15 lakh rupees and up to 20 lakh rupees, and above 20 lakh rupees.
- In item 3, the amount is changed from 250 rupees to 400 rupees.
- In item 4, the amount is changed from 250 rupees to 500 rupees.
- In item 5, the amount is changed from 10 rupees per page to 20 rupees per page.
- In item 6, the amount is changed from 100 rupees to 200 rupees.
- In item 7, the amount is changed from 1,000 rupees to 2,000 rupees.
Who it affects
This publication matters to:
- registered societies in Tamil Nadu,
- people forming societies,
- office bearers who file annual or other documents,
- professionals handling society compliance and registration work.
It does not deal with private land ownership, patta, registration of sale deeds, or land classification.
Why the Government says it is needed
The note printed with the Bill says the Schedule of fees under the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 had last been amended in October 2011. It says more than five years had passed since the last revision, and that the fees then being collected were not adequate for the services rendered by the registration department. The Bill is intended to give effect to the Government's decision to revise those fees.
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Common questions
Does this document affect sale deed registration or patta for land?
No. The text is about the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration Act, 1975 and changes to fees in its Schedule. It concerns societies and filing of society documents.
Is this a final law or only a proposal?
The text is printed as the Tamil Nadu Societies Registration (Amendment) Bill, 2017. It is a Bill published in the Gazette with explanatory notes.
Who has to pay the revised filing fees mentioned here?
The revised filing fees apply to societies filing documents. The Bill says that from the second financial year onwards, the amount depends on the previous financial year's annual income or expenditure.
Why were the fees proposed to be increased?
The explanatory note says the fees schedule had last been amended in October 2011, that more than five years had passed, and that the fees being collected were not adequate for the services rendered by the registration department.
