| (1) | If a registered non-profit organisation which has received a notice in terms of section 20 does not comply timeously with the notice or makes material false representations in any document or a narrative, financial or other report submitted to the director, the director must— |
| (a) | cancel its certificate of registration and its registration; |
| (b) | notify the organisation in writing of— |
| (i) | the cancellation and the reasons for it; and |
| (ii) | the date on which the registration was cancelled; and |
| (2) | When a non-profit organisation’s registration has been cancelled, all the rights, benefits and allowances it enjoyed as a result of being registered end immediately. |
| (3) | For purposes of this Act, a cancellation of registration takes effect on the date on which the certificate of registration is cancelled by the director. |
(4) The director may only cancel the registration of a non-profit organisation as contemplated in section 20 and this section.
[Section 21(4) inserted by section 16 of the General Laws (Anti-Money Laundering & Combating Terrorism Financing) Amendment Act, 2022 (Act No. 22 of 2022) Notice No. 1532, GG47802, dated 29 December 2022 - effective 31 December 2022 per Proclamation Notice 109 (a), GG47805, dated 31 December 2022]
