Societies for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1993 (Act No. 169 of 1993)8. Registration of societies |
| (1) | No person shall without being registered with the Council use, in connection with any activity performed by him, the expression "Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals" or "Dierebeskermingsvereniging" or any abbreviation thereof or any expression which so closely corresponds thereto that it may be misleading. |
| (2) | A person desiring to be registered with the Council shall apply to the board in the manner and at the time prescribed by the rules, and the application shall be accompanied by the application fee and the documents likewise prescribed. |
| (3) | No person shall be registered in terms of subsection (4)(b)(i) if he is a natural person. |
| (4) | The board may— |
| (a) | refuse an application for registration if in its opinion such registration would not serve the objects of the Council or if in its opinion there are already sufficient societies serving the area or community likely to be served by the applicant concerned; |
| (b) | subject to the provisions of subsections (3) and (5)— |
| (i) | grant any such application on such conditions as it may determine; |
| (ii) | make the continued validity of any such registration subject to such conditions as the board may determine, whether by the imposition of further or new conditions or by the amendment or cancellation of existing conditions; |
| (c) | cancel any such registration if the society concerned has contravened or failed to comply with any condition imposed by the board under paragraph (b). |
| (5) | Conditions referred to in subsection (4)(b) shall relate to the achievement of the objects of the Council, the performance of its functions and duties and the exercise of its powers in terms of this Act. |
| (6) | If the board refuses to grant an application for registration, the applicant concerned shall be notified in writing of the decision in question and of the grounds on which it is based. |
| (7) | If the board has granted an application for registration it shall issue a certificate of registration to the society concerned, and such society shall at all times display a copy thereof at every place where it ordinarily conducts its affairs. |
| (8) | If the board has cancelled a registration certificate it shall cease to be valid and the society concerned shall forthwith return it to the board. |
| (9) | A society registered under subsection (4)(b)(i) shall only use an expression referred to in subsection (1) in connection with the performance of its functions for the purposes of this Act, the Animals Protection Act and the associated Acts. |
| (10) | Any society for the prevention of cruelty to animals which is a member of the Association immediately prior to the commencement of this Act, shall for all purposes be deemed to be registered in terms of this section. |