Power to exempt co-operative societies from provisions of the Regulation

The Chief Commissioner may, by general or special order, exempt any co-operative society or any class of co-operative societies from any of the provisions of this Regulation or may direct that such provision shall apply to such societies or class of societies with such modifications as may be specified in the order if he is satisfied that such exemption or direction is necessary having regard the nature of the activities of the society or class of societies or that such exemption or direction is necessary in the public interest or in the interest of the co-operative movement. (1) Every summon issued under Regulation shall be in writing, shall be authenticated by sale, if any, of the officer by whom it is issued and shall be signed by such officer or by any person authorised by him in writing in that behalf. IT shall require the person summoned to appear before the said officer at a specified time and place and to give evidence or produce documents or for both purposes, and any particular document, the production of which is required, shall be described in the summons with reasonable accuracy.

(2) Any person may be summoned to produce a document, without being summoned to give evidence, and any person summoned merely to produce documents shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such document to be produced, instead of attending personally to produce the same.

(3) The service of summons under the Regulation on any person may be effected in any of the following ways:-

(a) By giving of tendering it to such person; or

(b) If such person is not found, by leaving it at his last known place of abode or business or by giving or tendering it to some adult member of his family; or

(c) If the address of such person is known to the Registrar or other authorised person, by seeding it to his by registered post; or

(d) If none of the means aforesaid is available, by affixing it to some conspicuous part of his last known place of abode or business. (1) Every summon issued under Regulation shall be in writing, shall be authenticated by sale, if any, of the officer by whom it is issued and shall be signed by such officer or by any person authorised by him in writing in that behalf. IT shall require the person summoned to appear before the said officer at a specified time and place and to give evidence or produce documents or for both purposes, and any particular document, the production of which is required, shall be described in the summons with reasonable accuracy.

(2) Any person may be summoned to produce a document, without being summoned to give evidence, and any person summoned merely to produce documents shall be deemed to have complied with the summons if he causes such document to be produced, instead of attending personally to produce the same.

(3) The service of summons under the Regulation on any person may be effected in any of the following ways:-

(a) By giving of tendering it to such person; or

(b) If such person is not found, by leaving it at his last known place of abode or business or by giving or tendering it to some adult member of his family; or

(c) If the address of such person is known to the Registrar or other authorised person, by seeding it to his by registered post; or

(d) If none of the means aforesaid is available, by affixing it to some conspicuous part of his last known place of abode or business.

(4) Where the serving officer delivers or tenders copies of the summons to the dependent personally or to an agent or other person on his behalf, he shall require the signature of the person to whom the copy is so delivered or tendered to give an acknowledgement of service duly endorsed on the original summons.

(5) The serving officer shall in all cases in which the summon has been served under sub-rule (4) endorse or annex, or cause to be endorsed or annexed, on or to the original summon a return stating the time and the manner in which the summon was served and the name and the address of the person, if any, identifying the person served and witnessing the delivery or tender of the summon.

(6) Where the party to be summoned is a public officer or is the servant of a company or local authority of any institution, the officer issuing the summons may, if it appears that the summons may be conveniently so served, send it by registered post pre-paid for acknowledgment for service on the party to be summoned to the head of the office in which he is employed, together with the copy to be served endorsed on the original summon.