Short title, extent and commencement

Short title, extent and commencement. (1) This Act may be called the Karnataka Co-operative Societies Act, 1959. (2) It extends to the whole of the State of Karnataka. (3) It shall come into force on such date as the State Government may, by notification in the official Gazette, appoint. (3) A member once nominated by the board of a Co-operative Society under clause (a) of sub-section (2) to vote on its behalf in any meeting of any other Co-operative Society shall not be changed except by a resolution passed with substantial reasons in a board meeting by a two third majority of the members present and voting in such meeting.However a Co-operative Society shall not nominate or appoint any member of the board to vote on behalf of it in more than two co-operative societies.