Chapter XVII EXECUTION OF AWARDS, DECREES, ORDERS AND DECISIONS

Every decision, award or order passed by the Registrar or arbitrator or liquidator under sections 95, 100, 101,103,104,107,113,114 and 115 shall – (a) be deemed to be a decree of a civil court and shall be executed in the same manner as decree of such court; or (b) be executed by the Registrar or any other person subordinate to him empowered by the Registrar in this behalf, by attachment and sale or by sale without attachment of any property of the person or a co-operative society against whom the order, decision or award has been obtained or passed. (c) Omitted.

Where the Registrar is satisfied that a party to any reference under sections 95, 100, 101, 103, 104, 107, 113, 114 and 115 with intent to defeat or delay the execution of any decision, award or order, is about to– (a) dispose of the whole or any part of the property; or (b) remove the whole or any part of the property from the local limits of the jurisdiction of the Registrar, the Registrar may unless adequate security is furnished to his satisfaction, direct the attachment of the said property or such part thereof as he thinks necessary. Such attachment shall be valid till the order, decision or award is satisfied.

The Registrar or any person empowered by him in this behalf shall be deemed, when exercising any powers under this Act for the recovery of any amount by attachment and sale or by the sale without attachment of any property or when passing any order on any application made to him for such recovery, to be civil court.

All sums due from the co-operative society to the Government including any cost awarded to the Government under any provision of this Act on a certificate issued by the Registrar, in this behalf, be recovered firstly from the property of the society, secondly in the case of a society the liability of the members of which is limited, from the members, past members or the estates of deceased members, subject to the limit of their liability and thirdly in the case of other society from the members, past members or the estates of the deceased members.