Chapter 5
Control of a Chamber of Commerce

Section 31. The Registrar shall have the power to issue the written order requiring a director or member to appear and explain a fact concerning the activities of the chamber of commerce or to send a document concerning its operation or minutes of its meeting.

Section 32. For the purpose of carrying out this Act, the Registrar of the official shall have the power to enter the office of a chamber of commerce for the purpose of inspection

During its office hours.

In acting under paragraph one, the official shall show his identity card to the person comcerned.
The identity card shall be in the form prescribed by the Minister.
In the action of the Registrar of the official under paragraph one, the person concerned shall provide reasonable facilities or assistance, or give information to the registrar of the official as requested.

Section 33. A chamber of commerce shall prepare a membership register to be kept in the office of the chamber of commerce, and shall deliver a copy thereof to the Registrar within a period of ninety days from the day of obtaining a license and being registered as a chamber of commerce. The membership register shall at least contain the following particulars :

When there is an admission of a new member or a change in the membership register, the chamber of commerce shall notify the Registrar to that effect within a period of ninety days from the day of the admission or change.

Section 34. A chamber of commerce shall prepare its balance sheet at least once in every twelve nonths, which constitutes its accounting year.
The blalnce sheet must contain the amount of the assets and liabilities of the chamber of commerce together with an account of income and expenditure. The balance sheet must be completed and audited and then submitted to a general meeting of the chamber of commerce for approval within a period of one hundred and twenty days from the last day of the accounting year.

Section 35. A chamber of commerce shall prepare an annual report showing the result of the operation of the chamber of commerce to be submitted to a general meeting at the time of the submission of the balance sheet, and shall deliver a copy of the report and that of the balance sheet to the Registrar within a period of thirty days from the day of the general meeting.

Section 36. An amendment to the regulations of a chamber of commerce may be made only by a resolution of a general meeting, and must be registered with the registrar within a period of thirty days from the day of the resolution of the general meeting. If the Registrar considers that such amendment is inconsistent with the objects of the chamber of commerce or contrary to the law, he shall not register such amendment.

If the Registrar refuses to register and amendment to the regulations, section 10 paragraph two, shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Section 37. The appointment or replacement of a director of a chamber of commerce must be registered with the registrar within a period of thirty days from the day of the appointment or replacement.

If the Registrar considers that the person appointed as a director to be of an inappropriate status or of bad conduct, or has a reasonable cause to suspect that such person may be a threat to the economy or security of the country or to public order or good morals, he has the power to refuse to register such person a director of the chamber of commerce.

Section 38. Any person, who wishes to examine, copy, or have copied and certified, a document concerning a chamber of commerce, shall make an application in the form described by the Central Chamber of Commerce Registrar.

Section 39. When it appears that the Board, a director or a member of a chamber of commerce, does any act which may be a threat to the economy or security of the country, or to public order or good morals, the Registrar shall have the power to issue a written order requiring the Board, the director or the member to stop such action or to rectify it within a period of time prescribed by the Registrar.

Section 40. When a chamber of commerce does an act which violates section 29, the Minister has the power to order the whole Board or an individual director to vacate his office. In such case, the Board or the director is disqualified from being a director of the chamber of commerce unless a period of three years has elapsed from the day of the order of the Minister to vacate the office.

Section 41. When there is a cause to suspect that any chamber of commerce is to act unlawfully or to be a threat to the economy or security of the country, or to public order or good morals, the Registrar shall have the power to issue a written order requiring the chamber of commerce to notify him at least three days in advance of the date and time of every meeting of the chamber of commerce. In such case, the Registrar or the official shall have the power to attend the meeting.

Where any chamber of commerce fails to notify the date and time of its meeting in accordance with the order of the registrar, the Registrar shall have the power to order the chamber of commerce to suspend its meeting, each time, for not more than ninety days from the day the Registrar issues the order. In case the Registrar issues an order suspending a meeting, section 20 paragraph two, shall apply mutatis mutandis

Section 42. If the general meeting of the chamber of commerce passes a resolution in violation of a law or its regulations, upon the request of any member or an official, the Registrar shall have the power to revoke such resolution. But in case a member requests for the revocation, he shall so request within a period of thirty days from the day of the passing of such resolution.

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