section 19
Persons who may become members
The Chhattisgarh Co-operative Societies Act, 1960Corporate1960195 sections
Statutory text
- (1) No persons shall be admitted as a member of a society except the following, namely:- (a) an individual competent to contract under section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (No. 9 of 1872); (b) any other society; (c) a public trust registered under the Chhattisgarh Public Trusts Act, 1951 (No. 30 of 1951); (d) a firm, company or any other body corporate, not having minors as partners or directors, registered established or constituted, as the case may be, under any law for the time being in force; (e) a society registered under the Chhattisgarh Societies Registration Act, 1959 (No. 1 of 1960), as may be approved by the State Government in this behalf by general or special order; (f) the State Government: Provided that the provisions of clause (a) shall not apply to,– (i) an individual seeking admission to a society exclusively formed for the benefit of students; (ii) a minor acting through a guardian appointed by the Court. (2) Notwithstanding anything to contrary in this Act or rules or in the byelaws of a society, where the State Government has contributed to the share capital of a society, the liability of the State Government shall be limited to the face value of the shares held by it. (2-A) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or rules made there under or in the byelaws of a resource society or consumers society, as the case may be, if any person duly qualified for admission as a member under the provisions of this Act and the byelaws of that Society makes an application for membership of such Society he shall be deemed to have been admitted as a member of such Society from the date of receipt of the application in the office thereof; Provided that the Registrar may, either on his own motion at any time or on an application by
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