Preamble

THE PUNJAB COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1961 8TH FINAL PRINT AS ON 05.10.2006 THE PUNJAB CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1961 (PUNJAB ACT 25 OF 1961) [Received the assent of the President of India on the 22nd June, 1961 and first published for general information in the Punjab

Government Gazette (Extraordinary), Legislative Supplement, dated the

8th July, 1961.] YearNo.Short titleWhether repealed or otherwise affected by Legislation 196125The Punjab Co-operative Amended by Punjab Act 25 of 1964 Societies Act, 1961. Amended by Punjab Act 4 of 1965 Amended by Punjab Act 26 of 1969 with

effect from 10th September, 1969

Amended by the Adaptation of Punjab Laws Order 1970 Amended by Punjab Act No. 6 of 1974 Amended by Punjab Act No. 11 of 1975 Amended by Punjab Act No. 13 of 1977 Amended by Punjab Act No. 3 of 1978 Amended by Punjab Act No. 8 of 1978 Amended by Punjab Act No. 15 of 1978 Amended by Punjab Act No.12 of 1981 Amended by Punjab Act No.26 of 1981 Amended by Punjab Act No.19 of 1993 Amended by Punjab Act No.15 of 1994 An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies in the State of Punjab.

THE PUNJAB COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1961 8TH FINAL PRINT AS ON 05.10.2006 For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1960 page 2040.

For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette

(Extraordinary), 1964 pages 935-37.

For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette

(Extraordinary), 1965 pages 355-56.

For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government

Gazette (Extraordinary), 1969 pages 1032-33. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1974 page 449. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1975 page 282. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1977 page 1290. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1978 page 37. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1978 page 386. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), 1978 page 1370. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 13th February, 1981, page 249. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 31st August, 1981, page 1016. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 5th March, 1993, page 621. For Statement of Objects and Reasons,See Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), dated 7th March,1994, page 304. Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Punjab in the Twelfth Year of the Republic of India as follows :-

THE PUNJAB COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1961 8TH FINAL PRINT AS ON 05.10.2006