Societies Registration Act, 1860
9. Recovery of penalty accruing under bye-law
Whenever by any bye-law duly made in
accordance with the rules and regulations of the society, or, if the rules do
not provide for the making of bye-laws, by any bye-laws made at a general
meeting of the members of the society convened for the purpose (for the making
of which the concurrent votes of three-fifths of the members present at such
meeting shall be necessary), any pecuniary penalty is imposed for the breach of
any rule or bye-law of the society, such penalty, when accrued, may be
recovered in any court having jurisdiction where the defendant shall reside, or
the society shall be situate, as the governing body thereof shall deem
expedient.