Restrictions on loans

(1) A co-operative society shall not make a loan to any person other than a member: Provided that with the general or special sanction of the Registrar, a co-operative society may make loans to another co-operative society. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), a co-operative society may make a loan to a depositor on the security of his deposit. No Co-operative society shall grant loans or make advances against the security of its own shares.