The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961 is an Act of the West Bengal Legislative Assembly, of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

state in

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. The Act was passed by the West Bengal Legislature. It was an act to provide for the registration of societies or NGOs whose head office had to be situated in the state of West Bengal. Before this act, the societies in West Bengal were registered under the

Societies Registration Act A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction, or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Socie ...

. The act is accompanied by the West Bengal Societies Registration Rules, 1963.

References

''A Practical Guide: The West Bengal Societies Registration Act, 1961'' by Panchanan Mukhopadyay; first published in 1963 by Mr. Bijan Kumar Som, Salt Lake (

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