§ 53. Copies of documents and statements to be filed. Every existing
membership corporation, and every existing unincorporated association
having a membership of twenty or more persons, which corporation or
association requires an oath as a prerequisite or condition of
membership, other than a labor union, a fraternity or sorority having
chapters composed only of students in or alumni of colleges and
universities in this and another state or states, or a chapter of such
fraternity or sorority, or a benevolent order mentioned in the
benevolent orders law, within thirty days after this article takes
effect, and every such corporation or association hereafter organized,
within ten days after the adoption thereof, shall file with the
secretary of state a sworn copy of its constitution, by-laws, rules,
regulations and oath of membership, together with a roster of its
membership and a list of its officers for the current year. Every such
corporation and association shall, in case its constitution, by-laws,
rules, regulations or oath of membership or any part thereof, be
revised, changed, or amended, within ten days after such revision or
amendment file with the secretary of state a sworn copy of such revised,
changed or amended constitution, by-law, rule, regulation or oath of
membership. Every such corporation or association shall within thirty
days after a change has been made in its officers file with the
secretary of state a sworn statement showing such change. Every such
corporation or association shall at intervals of six months file with
the secretary of state a sworn statement showing the names and addresses
of such additional members as have been received in such corporation or
association during such interval.