Hello Mr. Nurunnaby, I would like to answer to your query regarding the Act under which we are proposing for registration. For that, I have to discuss why other two options are not viable for setting up the Chapter. First comes the Trusts Act. As per Trusts Act, 1882 [1] (Chapter-1, Section-3): "A “trust” is an obligation annexed to the ownership of property, and arising out of a confidence reposed in and accepted by the owner, or declared and accepted by him, for the benefit of another, or of another and the owner: the person who reposes or declares the confidence is called the “author of the trust”: the person who accepts the confidence is called the “trustee”: the person for whose benefit the confidence is accepted is called the “beneficiary”: the subject-matter of the trust is called “trust-property” or “trust-money”: the “beneficial interest” or “interest” of the beneficiary is his right against the trustee as owner of the trust-property; and the instrument, if any, by which the trust is declared is called the “instrument of trust”." If I simplify, a Trust is mainly created to manage trust property for the benefit of one or some beneficiary. So you see, Trust is not a practical option for us. Moreover, a Trust is managed by Trustees and it is difficult to change the Trustees (often requires judgement by the Civil Court). Now I would discuss about registration with Social Welfare Department. Mainly cooperative societies are registered with Social Welfare Department under the Cooperative Societies Act, 2001. Cooperative societies are formed mainly for economic [2] benefit of it's members & most of the cooperative societies are involved with business. So, it is inconsistent with the purpose of Wikimedia Chapters. Moreover, cooperative societies are seldom audited and so there is lack of transparency. On the contrary, registration of the Chapter under the Societies Registration Act [3] is more appropriate as the law defines: "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 the Registrar of Joint-stock Companies form themselves into a society under this Act." Hope you got your answer. Pls feel free to ask for any clarification regarding the proposed MoA. Thanks Ali Haidar Khan Tonmoy [1] http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/pdf_part.php?act_name=&vol=&id=47 [2] http://www.banglapedia.org/httpdocs/HT/C_0347.HTM [3] http://bdlaws.minlaw.gov.bd/pdf_part.php?act_name=&vol=&id=10 On 5/28/11, Tanvir Rahman <wikitanvir(a)gmail.com> wrote: