(1) No society shall open a branch or a place of business outside the Union territory, and no co-operative society registered under any law in any other State shall open a branch or a place of business in the Union territory without the permission of the Registrar.
(2) Every co-operative society registered under any law in any other State, and permitted to open a branch or a place of business in the Union territory under sub-section (1) or which has a branch or a place of business in the Union territory before the commencement of this Regulation, shall, within three months from the date of the opening of such branch or place of business or from the date of the commencement of this Regulation, as the case may be, file with the Registrar a certified copy of the bye-laws and amendments and, if these be not in English a certified translation thereof in English or Hindi and shall submit to the Registrar such returns and information as are submitted by similar societies registered under this Competency of a member to transfer land or interest therein to society.
Registrar's powers to recover certain sums by attachment and sale of property.
Power to exempt societies from provisions of Regulation.
Delegation of powers of Administrator and of Registrar.
Branches, etc., of societies outside Union territory.
5 8 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY [PART II— Registrar and other officers to be public servants.
Protection of action taken in good faith.
Bar of jurisdiction of courts.
Power to make rules and its laying before Parliament.
Act no. 18 of 2013 not to apply.
Regulation in addition to those which may be submitted to the Registrar of that State where such society is registered.
(3) The provisions of sub-sections (1) and (2) shall not apply to co-operative societies to which the provisions of the Multi-State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002 applies.
(4) Nothing in sub-section (1) shall affect a society which has a branch or a place of business outside the Union territory at the commencement of this Regulation.
136. The Registrar, a person exercising the powers of the Registrar, an official assignee under section 22, a custodian under section 66, co-operative election officer under section 68, a person authorised to audit the accounts of a society under section 84, or to hold an inquiry under section 86, or to make an inspection under section 87 or section 88, and a person appointed as a special officer under section 81 or section 116, or as a nominee or board of nominees under section 98, or as a Liquidator under section 108, and all members of the Tribunal shall be deemed to be public servants within the meaning of section 21of the Indian Penal Code.
137. No suit, prosecution or other legal proceeding shall lie against the Registrar or any officer of society or any member or officer of Appellate Tribunal for anything which is in good faith done or intended to be done under this Regulation or rules made thereunder.