law: Societies Registration Act, 1860
  1. Societies formed by memorandum of
  
  association and registration
  Any seven or more persons associated for any
  
  literary, scientific, or charitable purpose, or for any such purpose as is
  
  described in section 20 of this Act, may, by subscribing their names to a
  
  memorandum of association, and filing the same with Registrar of Joint-stock
  
  Companies 2[***] form themselves into a society under this Act.