Uttarakhand Cooperative Societies Rules, 2004

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This document is a set of rules that governs co-operative societies in the state of Uttaranchal. It provides definitions for different types of co-operatives, such as agricultural, credit, housing, and industrial societies, and outlines the structure of the state's co-operative banking and marketing federations. The rules establish the roles of various officials, including Registrars and Assistant Registrars, who oversee the registration and administration of these societies. By setting these standards, the Act ensures that co-operatives operate transparently and effectively to serve their members' economic and social needs.

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1. Short title and Commencement
2. Definition
3. Registration Application
4. Model Bye-laws
5. Requirements for Application
6. Submission of Application
7. Registering Particulars
8. Scrutiny of Proposal
9. Minor Alterations
10. Entry of Address
11. Intimation and Certification
12. Deemed Registration
13. Model Bye-laws Framing
14. Adoption of Bye-laws
15. Matters Covered by Bye-laws
16. Bye-laws for Credit and Non-Credit Societies
17. Change in Liability
18. Resolution Copy
19. Option for Withdrawal
20. Scheme for Payment
21. Section 21
22. Section 22
23. Section 23
24. PROCEDURE REGARDING AMENDMENT OF BYE-LAWS
25. Section 25
26. Section 26
27. Section 27
28. Section 28
29. Section 29
30. Section 30
31. Section 31
32. Section 32
33. Section 33
34. Section 34
35. Section 35
36. Section 36
37. Section 37
38. Section 38
39. Section 39
40. Section 40
41. Section 41
42. Section 42
43. Section 43
44. Section 44
45. Section 45
46. Section 46
47. Section 47
48. Section 48
49. Declaration by members
50. Rights of membership
51. Removal and expulsion of members
52. Procedure for removal or expulsion
53. Resolution for removal or expulsion
54. Majority required for removal or expulsion
55. Removal or expulsion on direction of Registrar
56. Intimation of removal or expulsion
57. Liability of removed or expelled member
58. Cessation of membership
59. Supply of copies of documents
60. Restriction on holding of shares
61. Return of shares
62. Transfer of shares
63. Purchase of shares by society
64. Restriction on transfer of shares of Central Co-operative Society
65. Reduction of share capital
66. Objections to reduction of share capital
67. Section 67
68. Section 68
69. Section 69
70. Section 70
71. Section 71
72. Section 72
73. Section 73
74. Section 74
75. Section 75
76. Section 76
77. Section 77
78. CHAPTER-VII CONSTITUTION OF GENERAL BODY OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
79. Section 79
80. Section 80
81. Section 81
81-h. Delegate representation
81-i. Delegate representation
81-j. Delegate representation
82. ELECTION OF DELEGATES
83. Cessation of delegate status
84. Corporate body representation
85. Term of delegate
86. Annual General Meeting
87. Consideration of unaudited accounts
88. Placement of audit report
89. Preparation of audit summary
90. Right to discuss audit report
91. Venue of meetings
92. Notice of meeting
93. Quorum for meetings
94. Presiding officer
95. Conduct of proceedings
96. Requirement of quorum
97. Adjournment due to lack of quorum
98. Section 98
99. Section 99
100. Section 100
101. Section 101
102. Section 102
103. Section 103
104. Section 104
105. Section 105
106. Section 106
107. Section 107
108. Section 108
109. Section 109
110. Section 110
111. Section 111
112. Section 112
113. Section 113
114. Section 114
115. Section 115
116. Section 116
117. Section 117
118. Section 118
119. Section 119
120. Section 120
121. Section 121
122. Section 122
123. Section 123
124. Section 124
125. Section 125
126. Section 126
127. Section 127
128. Section 128
129. Section 129
130. Section 130
131. Section 131
132. Section 132
133. Section 133
134. Section 134
135. Section 135
136. Section 136
137. Section 137
138. Section 138
139. Section 139
140. Section 140
141. Section 141
142. Section 142
143. Section 143
144. Section 144
145. Section 145
146. Section 146
147. Section 147
148. Section 148
149. Section 149
150. Section 150
151. Section 151
152. Section 152
153. Section 153
154. Section 154
155. Section 155
156. Co-operative Education Fund Administration
157. Regulations for Co-operative Education Fund
158. Custody of Co-operative Education Fund
159. Utilization of Co-operative Education Fund
160. Purposes for utilization of Co-operative Education Fund
161. Utilization of Research and Development Fund
162. Application of Rules to Research and Development Fund
163. Spread of Utilization of Co-operative Education Fund
164. Budget of Co-operative Education Fund
165. Audit of Co-operative Education Fund
166. Dividend for Unlimited Liability Societies
167. Dividend for Limited Liability Societies
168. Utilization of Balance Net Profits
169. Prohibition of Dividend for Societies without Share Capital
170. Restrictions on Payment of Dividend
171. Claim to Dividend without Share Certificate
172. Restrictions if Society is in Default
173. Urban Co-operative Society Restriction
174. Contribution to Reserve Fund for Credit and Thrift Societies
175. Permissible Exemptions/Reductions for Society Applications
176. Grounds for Refusal of Application
177. Submission of Profit Distribution Proposal
178. Validity of Permission
179. Restriction on Discretionary Permission
180. Creation of Mandatory Funds
181. Distribution of Bonus
182. Unappropriated Profits
183. Utilization of Reserve Fund (Unlimited Liability)
184. Section 184
185. Section 185
186. Section 186
187. Section 187
188. Section 188
189. Section 189
190. Section 190
191. Section 191
192. Section 192
193. Section 193
194. Section 194
195. Section 195
196. Section 196
197. Section 197
198. Section 198
199. Section 199
200. Section 200
201. Section 201
202. Section 202
203. Section 203
204. Section 204
205. Liquid cover
206. Restriction on lending on movable property
207. Lending to individual members
208. Advances by Uttaranchal Co-operative Bank Ltd. and District Central Co-operative Bank
209. Lending on security of non-member surety
210. Extension of loan period
211. Restriction on interest rate increase
212. Fixation of loan limit
213. Maximum interest rate
214. Investment in bill discounting
215. Agreement for salary/wage earners
216. Special sanction for lending
217. Inter-society lending
218. Transactions with non-members
219. Contributory Provident Fund establishment
220. Contribution conditions
221. Interest on provident fund
222. Investment of provident fund
223. Availability of books for audit
224. Submission of audit report
225. Section 225
226. Section 226
227. Section 227
228. Section 228
229. Section 229
230. Section 230
231. Section 231
232. Section 232
233. Section 233
234. Section 234
235. Section 235
236. Section 236
237. Section 237
238. Section 238
239. Section 239
240. Section 240
241. Section 241
242. Section 242
243. Section 243
244. Section 244
245. Section 245
246. Section 246
247. Section 247
248. Section 248
249. Jurisdiction of Authority
250. Fees for Arbitrator
251. Death of a Party
252. Incapacity of Arbitrator
253. Witness Expenses
254. Hearing Schedule
255. Summons
256. Service on Society
257. Sufficiency of Service
258. Time for Award
259. Evidence and Award Procedure
260. Ex Parte Proceedings
261. Majority Opinion
262. Contents of Award
263. Copy of Award
264. Submission of Records
265. Appeal Requirement
266. Execution of Award
267. Appellate Submission Time
268. Legal Representation
269. Claims against Attachment
270. Appeal against decree above Rs. 50000 shall be referred to the Tribunal.
271. Tribunal constitution and retirement benefits
272. Pay, allowances and service conditions of Chairman and Members
273. Term of office and disqualifications
274. Headquarters of the Tribunal
275. Memorandum of appeal
276. Management of pending files and records
277. Registers and duties of employees
278. Court fees
279. Initial examination of memorandum of appeal
280. Section 280
281. Section 281
282. Section 282
283. Section 283
284. Section 284
285. Section 285
286. Section 286
287. Section 287
288. Section 288
289. Section 289
290. Section 290
291. WINDING UP AND DISSOLUTION OF CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES
292. Section 292
293. Section 293
294. Section 294
295. Section 295
296. Section 296
297. Section 297
298. Section 298
299. Section 299
300. Section 300
301. Section 301
302. Section 302
303. Section 303
304. Section 304
305. Section 305
306. Section 306
307. Section 307
308. Section 308
309. Section 309
310. Section 310
311. Section 311
312. Section 312
313. Section 313
314. Section 314
315. Section 315
316. Section 316
317. Section 317
318. Section 318
319. Section 319
320. Section 320
321. Section 321
322. Section 322
323. Section 323
324. Section 324
325. Section 325
326. Section 326
327. Section 327
328. Section 328
329. Section 329
330. Section 330
331. Section 331
332. Section 332
333. Section 333
334. Section 334
335. Attachment and Sale of Specific Movable Property including Crops of Land
336. Section 336
337. Section 337
338. Section 338
339. Section 339
340. Section 340
341. Section 341
342. Section 342
343. Section 343
344. Section 344
345. Section 345
346. Section 346
347. Section 347
348. Attachment of other Movable Property
349. Section 349
350. Section 350
351. Section 351
352. Section 352
353. Section 353
354. Section 354
355. Section 355
356. Section 356
357. Section 357
358. Section 358
359. Attachment and Sale of Immovable Property
360. Section 360
361. Section 361
362. Section 362
363. Section 363
364. Section 364
365. Section 365
366. Section 366
367. Section 367
368. Section 368
369. Section 369
370. Section 370
371. Section 371
372. Section 372
373. Section 373
374. Attachment of property - Security
375. Claims and withdrawal of attachment
376. Fees - Application for inquiry
377. Fees - Inspection by creditor
378. Fees - Non-member/creditor applications
379. Fees - Disputes
380. Fees - Appeals
381. Fees - Review
382. Fees - Transfer of appeal
383. Fees - Execution proceedings
384. Deposit of fees
385. Account books and registers
386. Writing up of accounts
387. Expenses for writing up of accounts
388. Statements and returns to be prepared
389. Time for preparation of statements
390. Submission of statements and returns
391. Verification of cash and stock
392. Other statements and returns
393. Failure to submit returns
394. Inspection of documents
395. Certified copies
396. Certified copies of entries in books
397. Inspection by members
398. Section 398
399. Section 399
400. Section 400
401. Section 401
402. Section 402
403. Section 403
404. Section 404
405. Section 405
406. Section 406
407. Section 407
408. Section 408
409. Section 409
410. Restriction on travelling allowance
411. Constitution of authority under Section 122
412. Recognition of Co-operative Federal Authority
413. Payment of supervision fees
414. Reconstitution of Committee of Management
415. Constitution of Committee of Management
416. Co-option of members for representation of weaker sections/women
417. Co-option where term is not expired
418. Rescinding of resolutions
419. Execution of notices or processes
420. Use of business premises
421. Partnership
422. Misconduct for which penalties may be imposed (continued from preceding page)
423. Furnishing of information regarding financial position
424. Controversial matters prohibited
425. Restriction on defraying legal expenses
426. First general meeting
427. Convening of meeting by Registrar
428. Business at first general meeting
429. Election procedure
430. Term of provisional committee
431. Duty to reconstitute committee of management
432. Information for constituencies
433. Preparation of voter list
434. Display of voter list
435. Appointment of election officer
436. Conduct of election
437. Role of election officer
438. Section 438
439. Section 439
440. Section 440
441. Section 441
442. Section 442
443. Section 443
444. Section 444
445. Section 445
446. Section 446
447. Section 447
448. Section 448
449. Section 449
450. Section 450
451. Section 451
452. Section 452
453. Section 453
454. Section 454
455. Section 455
456. Election of Chairman and Vice-Chairman
457. Election disputes
458. Application of rules overriding bye-laws
459. Tenure during merger
460. Interim Committee during amalgamation
461. Interim Committee during division
462. Election of Chairman in interim committees
463. Procedure for election of Chairman
464. Election during interlocutory management
465. Responsibility of interim committee
466. Term of office
467. Tenure of nominated member
468. Tenure of co-opted member
469. Section 469
470. Section 470
471. Section 471
472. Section 472
473. DISQUALIFICATION FOR MEMBERSHIP OF THE COMMITTEE OF MANAGEMENT
474. Section 474
475. Section 475
476. Section 476
477. Section 477
478. REMOVAL OF CHAIRMAN OR VICE-CHAIRMAN BY VOTE OF NO-CONFIDENCE
479. Section 479
480. Section 480
481. Section 481
482. Section 482
483. Section 483
484. Section 484
485. Procedure for election of Chairman or Vice-Chairman
486. Section 486
487. Section 487
488. Section 488
489. Section 489
490. Section 490
491. Section 491
492. ISSUE OF DEBENTURES
493. Section 493
494. Section 494
495. Maintenance of Fund and Deposit of interest earned
496. Procedure, conditions and restrictions to meet losses out of the Guarantee Fund
497. Section 497
498. Section 498
499. Section 499
500. Section 500
501. Section 501
502. Section 502
503. Section 503
504. Section 504
505. Section 505
506. Section 506
507. Section 507
508. Section 508
509. Section 509
510. Section 510
511. Section 511
512. PROCEDURE IN THE SALE OF MORTGAGED PROPERTY
513. Section 513
514. Section 514
515. Section 515
516. Section 516
517. Section 517
518. Section 518
519. Section 519
520. Section 520
521. Section 521
522. Section 522
523. Section 523
524. Section 524
525. Section 525
526. Section 526
527. Section 527
528. Section 528
529. Section 529
530. Section 530
531. Section 531
532. Section 532
533. Conditions for financial assistance on furnishing sureties
534. Recovery of arrears of loans secured on furnishing sureties
156(2). Research and Development Fund
248(d). Powers regarding dispute decision
248(e). Powers regarding dispute decision
374(b). Attachment of property - Legal Representatives
409 (partial). Travelling Allowance (contd.)
Rule 6. Acknowledgement of registration application
Rule 7. Register of Application for Registration, received in the Office of Registering Authority (Registrar/Deputy Registrar)
Rule 10. Register of Co-operative Society Registered
Rule 11. Office of the Registrar, Co-operative Societies, Uttaranchal
Rule 20. Scheme for orderly payment of claims as required under Rule 20
Rule 27. Form of application for registration of amendment of bye-laws
Rule 33. Registration of amendments under Section 14 of the Act
Rule 37. By Registered Post or Personal Delivery under Acknowledgement
FORM - K. [Nomination Form under Rules 440, 448 and 452 (1)]
FORM C.F. - 1. [See Rule 312(b)]
FORM C.F. - 1(A). [See Rule 315(2)]
FORM C.F. - 2. [See Rule 314]
FORM C.F. - 3. (See Rule 247 and Section 84 of the Act)
FORM C.F. - 4. (See Rule 322)
FORM C.F. - 5. (See Rule 323)
APPENDIX-I. (Referred to in Rule 8)
ANNEXURE - I. (See Rule 498) Scale of Fees
FORM - I. (See Rule 497)
FORM - II. (See Rule 498)
FORM - III. (See Rule 531)
FORM - IV. (See Rule 532) Certificate of Sale of Land

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