Co-operative Societies Act 1979 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 1 · Preliminary
3. Appointment of Registrar, etc.
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The Minister may appoint a Registrar of Co‑operative Societies, one or more Deputy Registrars of Co‑operative Societies and Assistant Registrars of Co‑operative Societies, and such other public officers as the Minister thinks necessary for the administration of this Act.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the Registrar of Co‑operative Societies appointed under section 3(1), and includes a Deputy Registrar, an Assistant Registrar, or a public officer appointed under section 3(1), exercising such function, duty or power of the Registrar as is delegated to the Deputy Registrar, Assistant Registrar or public officer (as the case may be) under section 3(2);
The Registrar of Co‑operative Societies may, subject to the provisions of this Act and to any general or special directions of the Minister, delegate any of the Registrar’s functions, duties and powers under this Act to a Deputy Registrar, an Assistant Registrar or a public officer appointed under subsection (1), except the power of delegation conferred by this subsection.
delegate
“delegate” means —(a)a representative of a certain number of individual members of a primary society in which the general meeting of members is replaced by a meeting of delegates;(b)a representative of an institutional member who has been appointed to attend and who is entitled to vote; or(c)a representative of a society which is itself a member of another society, the meetings of which the representative has been elected or appointed to attend, and at which the representative is entitled to vote under the by-laws of that other society;
[Deleted by Act 17 of 2024 wef 18/07/2024]