How do I appoint a lawyer to represent my "registered society"?
How do I appoint a lawyer to represent my "registered society"?
Two steps, yes, just take these 2 steps to appoint a lawyer for your society. A society, registered under the Societies registration act, has a separate legal existence from its members. It can hold properties in its name. However, if someone has to sue a society, the suit would be filed in the name of the president of the society. Weird as it may seem, it is now on the president to defend the suit. What would the president do?
And here are the 3 steps:
- Hold the governing body meeting
- Pass a resolution to appoint the lawyer.
- Issue the power of attorney
Although there could be many ways to do the above steps. But the simplest one that I suggest are:
Step # 1 - Hold the governing body meeting:
- Preparation for Holding governing body meeting:
- Draft a resolution.
- Prepare the notice to hold meeting.
- Prepare the power of attorney.
- Actual holding of meeting:
- Holding the Pass the resolution.
And that's all. You have hired a lawyer. Now it's his job to represent your case.
Issue a power of attorney in the name of the lawyer.
In case you were wondering:
What is a power of attorney?
Power of attorney, as a document, gives any person mentioned in the document, the authority to act for your society in specified or all legal or financial matters.
So, a power of attorney in this case would authorize the "advocate" to represent your case in the court.
How do I draft a board resolution?
Use this link, I have uploaded a sample resolution in this link. You can modify this document to match the requirements of your society.
How do I draft a power of attorney?
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