Preliminary ... 2

II Registration of Co-operative Societies ... 3 III Members of Co-operative Societies and their Rights and Liabilities ... IV Management of Co-operative Societies ... 11 V Privileges of Co-operative Societies ... 14 VI Properties and Funds of Co-operative Societies ... 19 VII Audit, Inquiry, Inspection & Surcharge ... 20 VIII Settlement of Disputes ... 23 IX Winding-up of Co-operative Societies ... 25 IX A Special Provisions For Insured CO-operative Banks ... 28 X Execution of Awards, Decrees, Orders and Decisions ... XI Appeals and Revision ... 31 XII Offences and Penalties ... 33 XIII Miscellaneous ... 34

RULES, 1974 ... I Preliminary ... 41 II Registration of Co-operative Societies & their Bye- laws, Application for Registration ... III Members of Co-operative Societies, their Rights and Liabilities ...

IV General Meeting ... 52 V Working of Co-operative Societies ... 54 VI Audit, Inspection, Inquiry & Surcharge ... 58 VII Settlement of Disputes ... 64 VIII Winding-up and cancellation ... 66 IX Execution of Awards, Decrees, Orders and Decisions ... X Miscellaneous ... 81

APPENDIX A Application for Registration of Co-operative Societies See Rule 37 ...

H See Rule 46 (2) Register of Declaration made under Section 32 ... 97

I See Rule 83 Form for Award ... 98

J See Rule Form of liquidation order ... 99 Notification (Amendment) dated 20.05.1977 ... 100 K Form of Agreement ... 100 L Register to be maintained by Employer / Pay ... 101

disbursing Officer under section 39 (4) of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands Co-operative Societies Regulation 1973 (No. 3 of 1973) Notification dated 02.06.2010 (Powers conferred on the RCS under Section 3(2) of the Andaman and Nicobar Co-operative Societies Regulation, 1973by superseding all previous orders.

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY Published BY Authority

No. 39, Port Blair, Thursday, May, 1973 / Vaisakha 13, 1895

ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ADMINISTRATION CHIEF COMMISSIONER'S SECRETARIAT ------- NOTIFICATION ---------- Port Blair, the 3 rd May, 1973 / Vaisakha 13, 1895 No. 44/73/1/1(135)/73.Dev.(II)- The following Regulation promulgated by the President under Article 240 of the constitution and published in the Gazette of India Extraordinary Part II Section I, dated the 28 th February, 1973 is hereby republished below for general information.

BY order, K.K. WARRIAR, Assistant Secretary (Dev,).

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THE ANDAMAN AND NICOBAR ISLANDS CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES REGULATION, 1973

No. 3 of 1973

Promulgated by the President in the twenty-fourth Year of the Republic of India.

A Regulation to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies in the Union Territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 240 of the Constitution, the President is pleased to promulgate the following Regulation made by him:-

Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Co-operative Department, A&N Islands, VIP Road, Junglighat, Port Blair, PIN-744103 (Contact No.03192232388), 2019.

CHAPTER –I

PRELIMINARY