RoS director-general Surayati Ibrahim said it had issued a notice to the effect under Section 14 (2) of the Societies Act 1996 and effective Feb 28, which was handed over to PPBM secretary-general Shahruddin Md Salleh.

“Notice 14 (2) is a notice referring to matters instructed by RoS pertaining to submission of minutes of meetings of branches, divisions and at central level as well as the financial statement of the party,” she said in a statement here today.

She said it was issued following complaints lodged by PPBM members to RoS and that this information was needed to complete investigations.

She explained that the notice under Section 14 (2) was a statutory one under the Act.

Surayati said that even though Section 14 (3) of the same act mandated a reply within seven days, RoS was giving an extended time frame, up to 30 days, for PPBM to respond and provide the necessary information and documents.

“Should PPBM fail to respond accordingly, the next course of action by RoS will be under Section 14 (5) of the Societies Act, that is issue an order for PPBM to be dissolved,” she said.