Eligibility for member ship -(1) Subject to the bye-laws, any person who

is desirous of utilising the services of the Co-operative Society may express his willingness to accept the responsibilities of membership and fulfil such other conditions as may be specified in the bye-laws of the Co-operative Society and there upon he may be admitted as a member, subject however to the condition

at the Co-operative Society is in a position to extend its services applicant and

that the Applicant is not already a member of a Co-operative Society registered under this Act, or the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964, providing the same or similar services.

1. (2) Admission of members and removal from membership shall be made, in accordance with the procedure specified in the bye-laws, only by an elected Board or by the general body where such an elected Board does not exist for the time being.
2. (3) A person admitted as a member may exercise the rights of membership, including the right to vote, only on fulfilment of such conditions as may be laid down from time to time in the bye-laws: Provided that a person shall have been a member for at last one year before being eligible to exercise the right of vote.