Section 8: Conditions of registration

The Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935State Act of Jharkhand · Act 6 of 1935

(1) No society, other than a society of which a member is registered society, shall be registered under this Act which does not consist of at least ten persons above the age of eighteen years and, where the primary object of the society is the creation of funds to be lent to its members, unless such persons-

(a) reside in the same town or village or in the same group of villages; or

(b) save where the Registrar otherwise directs, are members of the same tribe, class or occupation.

1[(1A)] The State Government may by notification in the official Gazette reduce the minimum number of membership of 10 persons for particular class of Cooperative Societies.]

(2) The word ‘limited’ shall be the last word in the name of every society with limited liability registered under this Act.

1. Ins. by Act 39 of 1982

Where this provision sits

Act	The Bihar Co-operative Societies Act, 1935
Section	8
Marginal note	Conditions of registration
Jurisdiction	State of Jharkhand
Status	In force as published by the source

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