Section 44
Recovery of sums due to Government.
The Co-operative Societies Act, 1912
About this Act
An Act to amend the Law relating to Co-operative Societies
(1) All sums due from a registered society or from an
officer or member or past member of a registered society as such to the Government, including any costs
awarded to the Government under section 37, may be recovered in the same manner as arrears of
land-revenue.
(2) Sums due from a registered society to Government and recoverable under sub-section (1) may be recovered, firstly, from the property of the society; secondly, in the case of a society of which the liability of the members is limited, from the members subject to the limit of their liability; and, thirdly; in the case of other societies, from the members.
(2) Sums due from a registered society to Government and recoverable under sub-section (1) may be recovered, firstly, from the property of the society; secondly, in the case of a society of which the liability of the members is limited, from the members subject to the limit of their liability; and, thirdly; in the case of other societies, from the members.