Clause 6
Amendment of section 7
of Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Bill
BillNot in forceProvision 6 of 67
Clause 6
Section 7 of the principal Act is amended by deleting subsection (1) and substituting the following subsection:“(1) Every application for registration —
(a)
must be submitted to the Registrar in the prescribed manner together with the prescribed information; and
(b)
must be signed by the following (called in this Part the applicants):
(i)
in the case of an application for registration as a proposed primary society, by at least 5 persons, each of whom qualifies for membership under section 39(1);
(ii)
in the case of an application for registration as a proposed secondary society, by at least 2 persons, each of whom is duly authorised in that behalf by a society or a trade union.”.