Eligibility for membership in a cooperative

(1) No person shall be admitted as member of a cooperative except the following namely :— (a) the person who needs the services of co-operative, expresses willingness to accept the responsibility of membership and meets such other conditions as may be specified in the articles of association of the Cooperative and is in a position to use the services, provided he is :–– (i) competent to contract under section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872) ; : Provided that the cooperative is in a position to extend its services to the applicant ; (b) any other Cooperative registered under this Act ; (c) a firm, company or any other body corporate under any Law for the time being in force or any society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860) : Provided that every Partner, Director or member as the case may be of such firm, Company, corporate body or society is a permanent resident of the State. (2) Every applicant for membership, and every member of a cooperative must keep each cooperative of which the person is a member, informed of membership in other cooperatives and it shall be available to a cooperative to refuse admission or remove from membership on grounds, among others, of dual or conflicting membership.