Act Number: 39

Act Name: The Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002

Year: 2002

Enactment Date: 2002-07-03

Long Title: 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.

Ministry: Ministry of Cooperation

Department:

Section 31: Vote of members.
    Every member of a multi-State co-operative society, including a member who is an employee of such society, shall have one vote in the affairs of the society:
     Provided that--
         (a) a member who is an employee of such society shall not be entitled to vote--
             (i) at the election of a member of the board of such society;
             (ii) in any general meeting convened for framing the bye-laws of such society or any amendments thereto;
         (b) in the case of an equality of votes, the chairperson shall have a casting vote;
         (c) where any of the authorities, multi-State co-operative society or a co-operative society referred to in clauses (b) to (g) of sub-section (1) of section 25 is a member of a multi-State cooperative society, each person nominated by such authority or society, on the board in accordance with the provisions contained in this Act and the rules, shall, have one vote;
         (d) a multi-State co-operative society, the membership of which include co-operative societies or other multi-State co-operative society, may provide in its bye-laws for an equitable system of voting having regard to the membership of, and the extent of business carried on by such co-operative societies or multi-State co-operative societies.
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