Uttar Pradesh Co-Operative Societies Act, 1965

Bare Act · 1965

Act number: 11 of 1966
Enacted: 15 April 1966
Contents: 153 sections

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Section 1 – Short title extent and commencement
Section 2 – Definitions
Section 3 – Registrar
Section 4 – Societies which may be registered
Section 5 – Registration with limited or unlimited liability
Section 6 – Application for registration (preview)
Section 7 – Registration (preview)
Section 8 – Registration certificate (preview)
Section 9 – Co-operative societies to be bodies corporate (preview)
Section 10 – Change of name of co-operative society (preview)
Section 11 – Change of liabilities (preview)
Section 12 – Amendment of bye-laws of co-operative society (preview)
Section 13 – When amendment of bye-laws come into force (preview)
Section 14 – Power to direct amendments in bye-laws (preview)
Section 15 – Amalgamation and merger of co-operative societies (preview)
Section 16 – Division of co-operative society (preview)
Section 17 – Persons who may be members of a co-operative society (preview)
Section 18 – Classes of members (preview)
Section 19 – Member not to exercise right till due payment made (preview)
Section 20 – Vote of members (preview)
Section 21 – Manner of exercising vote (preview)
Section 22 – Restriction on holding of shares (preview)
Section 23 – Restrictions on transfers of shares of interest (preview)
Section 24 – Transfer of interest on death of members (preview)
Section 25 – Liability of past member and estate of deceased member (preview)
Section 26 – Admission to and withdrawal from membership (preview)
Section 26-A – Universal membership for primary agricultural societies (preview)
Section 27 – Removal or expulsion of member by a society or the Registrar (preview)
Section 28 – Final authority in co-operative society (preview)
Section 29 – Committee of management (preview)
Section 29-A – A Special provision for Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Societies, Central Co-operative Banks and Apex Bank (preview)
Section 30 – Chairman (preview)
Section 30-A – Motion of nonconfidence against Chairman or Vice-Chairman (preview)
Section 31 – The Secretary his emoluments and functions (preview)
Section 31-A – Appointment of Managing Director instead of Secretary for Apex Societies (preview)
Section 32 – Annual general meeting (preview)
Section 33 – Other general meeting (preview)
Section 34 – Nominees of the Government on the Committee of management (preview)
Section 35 – Supersession or suspension of Committee of Management (preview)
Section 36 – Securing possession of record etc (preview)
Section 37 – Registrar’s emergency powers to seize records etc (preview)
Section 38 – Removal of an officer of a co-operative society (preview)
Section 39 – First charge of cooperative society on certain assets (preview)
Section 40 – Deduction from salary to meet society’s claim in certain cases (preview)
Section 41 – Charge and set-off in respect of shares of interest of members in the capital of a co-operative society (preview)
Section 42 – Share of interest not liable to attachment (preview)
Section 43 – Exemption from compulsory registration of instruments (preview)
Section 44 – Promotion of Co-operative Movement by Government (preview)
Section 45 – Principal State partnership Fund (preview)
Section 46 – Subsidiary State Partnership Fund (preview)
Section 47 – Approval of State Government for purchase of shares (preview)
Section 48 – Liability to be limited in respect of certain shares (preview)
Section 49 – Restrictions on amount of dividend (preview)
Section 50 – Indemnity of apex and central societies (preview)
Section 51 – Disposal of share capital and dividends etc (preview)
Section 52 – Disposal of Principal State Partnership Fund and Subsidiary State Partnership Fund on winding up of an apex or a central society (preview)
Section 53 – Principal State Partnership fund and Subsidiary State Partnership Fund not to form part of the assets (preview)
Section 54 – Terms and conditions for providing moneys (preview)
Section 55 – Other forms of State-aid to cooperative societies (preview)
Section 56 – Provisions of this Chapter to override other laws (preview)
Section 57 – Fund not to be divided (preview)
Section 58 – Disposal of net profits (preview)
Section 59 – Investment of funds (preview)
Section 60 – Restriction of borrow in (preview)
Section 61 – Restrictions on loan (preview)
Section 62 – Restrictions on other transactions with nonmembers (preview)
Section 63 – Contributory Provident Fund (preview)
Section 64 – Audit (preview)
Section 65 – Inquiry by the Registrar (preview)
Section 66 – Inspection books and property of a co-operative society (preview)
Section 67 – Costs of inquiry (preview)
Section 68 – Surcharge (preview)
Section 69 – Registrar’s power to order remedying of defects (preview)
Section 70 – Disputes which may be referred to arbitration (preview)
Section 71 – Reference of dispute to arbitration (preview)
Section 71-A – Powers of creditor society against debtor society and its members (preview)
Section 72 – Winding up of co-operative societies (preview)
Section 73 – Liquidator (preview)
Section 74 – Power of liquidator (preview)
Section 75 – Bar of suit in winding up and dissolution matters (preview)
Section 76 – Cancellation of registration of a co-operative society (preview)
Section 77 – Registration of co-operative farming societies (preview)
Section 78 – Certain requirements of registration (preview)
Section 79 – Consequences of registration (preview)
Section 80 – Lunacy of member (preview)
Section 81 – Admission of new members (preview)
Section 82 – Effect of cessation of membership (preview)
Section 83 – Heirs entitled to become members of the cooperative farming society U. P. Act I 1951 (preview)
Section 84 – Consolidation of the land held by the co-operative farming society (preview)
Section 85 – Distribution of profit (preview)
Section 86 – Power of a co-operative farming society to raise loan on the mortgage of loan held by it (preview)
Section 87 – Concessions and facilities for co-operative farming societies (preview)
Section 88 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 89 – Definitions U. P. Act No. 1 of 1951 (preview)
Section 90 – Provisions of chapter to prevail over other law (preview)
Section 90-A – Interpretations Act No. 47 of 1961 (preview)
Section 90-B – Special provisions applicable to insured cooperative banks (preview)
Section 90-C – Section 90-C (preview)
Section 91 – Enforcement of charge (preview)
Section 92 – Execution of certain orders and awards (preview)
Section 92-A – Appointment of Amins and other staff (preview)
Section 92-B – Co-operative Collection Fund (preview)
Section 93 – Registrar or person empowered by him to be a civil court for certain purposes (preview)
Section 94 – Attachment of property before award or order (preview)
Section 95 – Recover of sums due to Government (preview)
Section 95-A – Special provision for recovery of certain dues of agricultural society (preview)
Section 96 – Co-operative Tribunal (preview)
Section 97 – Appeals against awards of Registrar (preview)
Section 98 – The awards orders and decisions Appeal against (preview)
Section 99 – Review of order of appellate authority (preview)
Section 100 – Interim orders (preview)
Section 101 – Transfer of appeals (preview)
Section 102 – Finality of orders and decisions (preview)
Section 103 – Offence and penalties under the Act (preview)
Section 104 – Penalty for contravention of section 8 or section 106 (preview)
Section 104-A – Compound of offences (preview)
Section 105 – Cognizance of offence (preview)
Section 106 – Prohibition against the use of word Sahkari or Co-operative (preview)
Section 106-A – Prohibition of use of certain words by a society other than a bank (preview)
Section 107 – Address of co-operative society (preview)
Section 108 – Copies of Act etc. to be open for inspection (preview)
Section 109 – Powers of civil court to Tribunals, arbitrators others in certain matters (preview)
Section 110 – Exemption from Indian Limitation Act, 1963 (preview)
Section 111 – Bar of jurisdiction of court (preview)
Section 112 – Power to exempt society from conditions of registration (preview)
Section 113 – Filling of returns (preview)
Section 114 – Register of members (preview)
Section 115 – Proof of the entries in books of co-operative societies (preview)
Section 115-A – Pass-Book to members (preview)
Section 116 – Service of notice under the Act (preview)
Section 117 – Notice necessary in suite (preview)
Section 117-A – Control of expenditure on litigation in certain cases (preview)
Section 118 – Acts of cooperative societies not to be invalidated by certain defects (preview)
Section 119 – Indemnity U. P. Act no. XVI of 1964 (preview)
Section 120 – Qualifications, for appointment as secretary manager, etc. of cooperative societies (preview)
Section 121 – Power of Registrar to determine terms of employment of society (preview)
Section 122 – Authority to control employees of co-operative societies (preview)
Section 122-A – Centralization of certain services (preview)
Section 123 – Constitution or recognition of co-operative federal authority to supervise working of cooperative societies (preview)
Section 123-A – Functions of apex society (preview)
Section 124 – Registrar and other officers to be public servants Act XLV of 1860 (preview)
Section 125 – Powers of Registrar to direct amalgamation or merger of co-operative societies (preview)
Section 125-A – Special provision in respect of cooperative sugar mills (preview)
Section 126 – Power of registrar to direct division of co-operative society in to two or more co-operative societies (preview)
Section 127 – Writing off of non-recoverable assets (preview)
Section 128 – Registrars power to annul resolution of cooperative society or cancel order passed by an officer of a co-operative society in certain cases (preview)
Section 129 – Registrars power to permit a co-operative society to function as a Land Development Bank (preview)
Section 130 – Power to make rules (preview)
Section 131 – Provisions in regard to existing societies and their bye-laws Act X of 1904 (preview)
Section 132 – Other provisions in regard to existing societies Act No. II of 1912 (preview)
Section 133 – Power to remove difficulties (preview)
Section 134 – Repeals, amendment and construction of enactments U. P. Act No. II of 1904 (preview)
Section 135 – Certain Acts to apply to co-operative societies U. P. Act XIV of 1947 U. P. Act XXVIII of 1947 (preview)

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