Section 71
Provision as to resolutions for appointing or removing auditors.
The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002
About this Act
An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies, with objects not confined to one State and serving the interests of members in more than one State, to facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of co-operative s as peoples institutions based on self-help and mutual aid and to enable them to promote their economic and social betterment and to provide functional autonomy and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
(1) A special notice shall be
required for a resolution at an annual general meeting appointing as auditor a person other than a retiring
auditor, or providing expressly that a retiring auditor shall not be reappointed.
(2) On receipt of notice of such a resolution, the multi-State co-operative society shall forthwith send a copy thereof to the retiring auditor.
(3) Where notice is given of such a resolution and the retiring auditor makes with respect thereto representations in writing to the multistate co-operative society (not exceeding a reasonable length) and requests their notification to members of the multi-State co-operative society, the multi-State co-operative shall, unless the representations are received by it too late for it to do so,--
(a) in any notice of the resolution given to members of the multi-State co-operative society, state the fact of the representations having been made; and
(b) send a copy of the representation to every member of the multi-State co-operative society to whom notice of the meeting is sent, whether before or after the receipt of the representations by the multi-State co-operative society,
and if a copy of the representations is not sent as aforesaid because they were received too late or because of the multi-State co-operative societys default, the auditor may (without prejudice to his right to be heard orally) require that the representations shall be read out at the meeting.
(2) On receipt of notice of such a resolution, the multi-State co-operative society shall forthwith send a copy thereof to the retiring auditor.
(3) Where notice is given of such a resolution and the retiring auditor makes with respect thereto representations in writing to the multistate co-operative society (not exceeding a reasonable length) and requests their notification to members of the multi-State co-operative society, the multi-State co-operative shall, unless the representations are received by it too late for it to do so,--
(a) in any notice of the resolution given to members of the multi-State co-operative society, state the fact of the representations having been made; and
(b) send a copy of the representation to every member of the multi-State co-operative society to whom notice of the meeting is sent, whether before or after the receipt of the representations by the multi-State co-operative society,
and if a copy of the representations is not sent as aforesaid because they were received too late or because of the multi-State co-operative societys default, the auditor may (without prejudice to his right to be heard orally) require that the representations shall be read out at the meeting.