Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Upon the
application of one-tenth of the whole number of members of a registered
society, or of 100 members in the case of a society exceeding 1 000
members, the Registrar, with the consent of the Minister in every case,
may —
(a)
appoint an inspector or inspectors to examine into and report on the affairs
of such society; or
(b) call
a special meeting of the society.
(2) The application
under this section shall be supported by such evidence, for the purpose of
showing that the applicants have good reason for requiring such inspection to
be made or meeting to be called, and that they are not actuated by malicious
motives in their application, and such notice thereof shall be given to the
society as the Registrar shall direct.
(3) The Registrar may,
if he think fit, require the applicants to give security for the costs of the
proposed inspection or meeting before appointing any inspector or calling such
meeting.
(4) All expenses of
and incidental to any such inspection or meeting shall be defrayed by the
members applying for same, or out of the funds of the society, or by the
members or officers, or former members, or officers, of the society in such
proportions as the Registrar shall direct.
(5) An inspector
appointed under this section may require the production of all or any of the
books, accounts, securities, and documents of the society, and may examine on
oath its officers, members, agents, and servants in relation to its business,
and may administer an oath accordingly.
(6) The Registrar may
direct at what time and place a special meeting under this section is to be
held, and what matters are to be discussed and determined at the meeting, and
the meeting shall have all the powers of a meeting called according to the
rules of the society, and shall in all cases have power to appoint its own
chairman, any rule of the society to the contrary notwithstanding.
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