KUALA LUMPUR – All registered organisations should postpone their annual general meeting (AGM), in line with the total lockdown enforced under the movement control order (MCO) since June 1, said the Registrar of Societies (RoS).
However, in a statement, RoS said exemption is given if the AGM could be held virtually in accordance with the MCO standard operating procedures (SOPs) and if fulfilling the basic conditions of holding an AGM as contained in the respective organisations’ constitution.
RoS also stated that an AGM could be held during the conditional movement control order (CMCO) and recovery movement control order (RMCO) period with strict adherence to the SOPs set by the National Security Council (NSC) and RoS.
“Hence, all registered organisations should make a written application to RoS to postpone their AGM with a proposed new date to hold it and the additional SOPs once the MCO period ends.
“The organisations also need to submit their annual statements to RoS within 60 days after the holding of their AGM, in line with Section 14(1) of the Societies Act 1966 (Act 335),” it further said in the statement.
RoS stressed that registered organisations must hold their AGM to ensure good management of the organisations, in line with their constitution and the Societies Act.
On June 5, PKR’s virtual three-day 15th National Congress, which was supposed to culminate on June 6, was ordered suspended by the NSC midway through the convention.
PKR organising secretary Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad said the party received a letter from the NSC late evening on June 4 that its meeting must be called off.
The party was also informed of the decision verbally by the RoS on the same day.
“This latest instruction by the NSC is contrary to an earlier letter sent by the council dated May 27, which stated that it has no objection to the congress being held fully online,” he said in a statement.
“PKR has protested the decision but is forced to contend with the order.” – Bernama, June 9, 2021
