Societies Registration Act, 1860
10. Members liable to be sued as strangers
Any member who may be in arrear of a
subscription which according to the rules of the society he is bound to pay, or
who shall possess himself of or detain any property of the society in a manner
or for a time contrary to such rules, or shall injure or destroy any property
of the society, may be sued for such arrear or for the damage accruing from
such detention, injury, or destruction of the property in the manner
hereinbefore provided.
Recovery by successful defendant of costs
adjudged : But if the defendant shall be successful in any suit or other
proceedings brought against him at the instance of the society, and shall be
adjudged to recover his costs, he may elect to proceed to recover the same from
the officer in whose name the suit shall be brought, or from the society, and
in the latter case shall have process against the property of the said society
in the manner above described.