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Section 159: Branches, etc., of societies outside the State

The Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960State Act of Maharashtra · Act 24 of 1961

(1) No society shall open a branch or a place of business outside the State of Maharashtra, and no co-operative society registered under any law in any other State shall open a branch or a place of business in the State of Maharashtra, 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 Maharashtra State under the foregoing sub-section, or which has a branch or a place of business in the Maharashtra State at the commencement of this Act, shall, within three months from the opening of such branch or place of business or from the commencement of this Act, as the case may be, file with the Registrar a certified copy of the bye-laws and amendments and, if these are not written in English language, 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 Act in addition to those which may be submitted to the Registrar of the State where such society is registered.

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ActThe Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960
Section159
Marginal noteBranches, etc., of societies outside the State
JurisdictionState of Maharashtra
StatusIn force as published by the source

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