Our association is 4 year old apartment association registered in Bangalore. We have 300+ flats in the apartment. Our association is registered under Karnataka society’s registration act 1960. Recently, we were informed by one of the legal advisor that under Karnataka society’s act, Society needs to have office bearer term of minimum 2 years and maximum 5 years. This is contradictory to general practice followed by many associations in Bangalore, which is 12 months term for office bearers. We checked the Karnataka society’s registration act 1960 available in public domain. As per our understanding, this act does not define the “term” of the office bearer. We need legal opinion, is the term of the office bearer has to be minimum 2 years and maximum 5 years? Is having 12 months term is not allowed under act?.