(1) If the registrar refuses to register a society, or any rules or amendment of rules of a society, the society may appeal from such refusal to the Circuit Court.

(1A) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court under subsection (1) may -

(a) as respects a refusal to register the society, be exercised by the judge of the court for the time being assigned to the Dublin Circuit, and

(b) as respects a refusal to register any rules or amendment of rules, be exercised by the judge of the circuit in which the registered office of the society is situated.

(2) If the refusal of registry is overruled on appeal, an acknowledgment of registry shall thereupon be given to the society by the registrar.