Manner of exercising vote

Manner of exercising vote. It is proposed to amend Section 21 by clarifying the word 'affairs' to mean 'the general meeting and the election of the members of the Committee' and inserting the words 'or a self-help group' after the words 'a firm' so as to enable the self-help group to send its delegate. It is also proposed that the newly elected members of the Committee shall have an opportunity to send a delegate or nominee to any other cooperative society. (1) Every member, every representative, every delegate and every nominee shall exercise his vote in person and not by proxy at a general meeting or an election of the members of the board of a cooperative society Explanation: For the purposes of section 20 and this section and wherever else it occurs, the word ‘delegate’ means a member of a cooperative society to represent that society in other cooperative societies. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),— (a) the board of a co-operative society which is a member of another co-operative society may appoint one of the members of the board to vote on its behalf in the affairs of that other society; Provided that where a new board has been elected to a cooperative society, such newly elected board shall send a delegate or nominee to any other cooperative society where it is a member. (b) where the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the State Warehousing Corporation or such other institutions approved by the State Government or a market board or a local authority or a firm, or a self-help group a company or any other body corporate constituted under any law for the time being in force is a member of a co-operative society, a person nominated by such institution, market board or local authority or a firm, or a self-help group a company or any other body corporate constituted under any law for the time being in force, may vote on its behalf in the general meeting or the election of the members of the board of the society; (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.