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Co-operative Societies Act 1979 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Privileges and Duties of Societies
11. Societies to be bodies corporate
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Last amended by an amending law of 2018.
(1)
A society on registration becomes a body corporate by the name under which it is registered, with perpetual succession, and with power to hold movable and immovable property, to enter into contracts, to sue and be sued and to do all things necessary for the purposes of its constitution.
society
Defined · s 2
“society” means a co-operative society registered under this Act and includes a primary society, a secondary society and an apex organisation;
(2)
A society may, but need not, have a common seal.