law: 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.