Termination of registration of societies

The Chhattisgarh Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

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(1) If the Registrar is satisfied that a society has been registered on the basis of misrepresentation by its applicants or that the work of the society has been completed or the purposes for which the society was registered are not being fulfilled, he may, after giving an opportunity of hearing to its main promoter committee and members of the society, terminate the registration of the society: Provided that where the number of members of the society is so large and it is not possible to confirm the exact address of all such members from the records of the Registrar's office and in the opinion of the Registrar it is not practicable to give notice of hearing to all such members individually, in such a situation, public notice of the proceedings for the termination of registration shall be given in the prescribed manner and such notice shall be deemed to have been given to all members of the society including the members of the committee of the society and the main promoter and no proceedings in relation to the termination of the registration of the society shall be questioned only on the ground that notice was not given to any member individually. (2) Where the registration of a society has been terminated under the provisions of sub-section (1), the Registrar, notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, may pass such incidental and consequential orders, including the appointment of a Government assignee, as required by the circumstances. (3) Subject to the rules made under this Act, the Government assignee shall, within a period of one year from the date of taking charge of properties, assets, books, records and other documents, perform the recovery of assets and the winding up of liabilities. The aforementioned period may be extended from time to time as per the discretion of the Registrar, provided that such period shall not exceed three years in total. (4) The Government assignee shall be paid such remuneration and allowances as may be prescribed. (5) The powers of the Registrar under sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not be exercised by an officer lower than the rank of Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies.

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