Amendment in Section-2 of the Bihar Act 2 of 1997.

In Section-2 of the Bihar Self-

Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 1996 (Bihar Act 2, 1997) (here in after referred to as the said Act) shall be amended as follows -

1. (i) Sub-section (b) shall be substituted by the following, namely “(b) ‘Board’ means Board of Directors or Governing Body or Managing Committee by whatever name it is designated to whom the management of the affairs of a Co-operative Society is entrusted.”
2. (ii) After sub-section (p) the following new sub-sections (q), (r), (s) and (t) shall be inserted namely - “(q) ‘Apex Society’ means, a Co-operative Society whose area of operation covers the whole of the state of Bihar or any Co-operative Federation / Union having in its area of operation the whole of the State of Bihar and which has been declared as Apex Society by the Registrar of Co-operative Societies.” “(r) ‘Functional Directors’ means Functional Executive Directors of the Society specified as per rules or Bye-laws of that Co-operative Society.” “(s) “Backward Classes”– means and includes the list of Backward Classes of citizens specified in Annexure-2 of the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes , Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1991 (Bihar Act No. 3, 1992), as amended from time to time;” “(t) “Extremely Backward Classes”– means and includes the list of Backward Classes of citizens specified in Annexure-1 of the Bihar Reservation of Vacancies in Posts and Services (for Scheduled Castes , Scheduled Tribes and other Backward Classes) Act, 1991 (Bihar Act No. 3, 1992), as amended from time to time;”