(1) The State Government may, of their own motion or on application by any person considering himself aggrieved and after giving the parties concerned a reasonable opportunity of being heard, call for and examine the record or any proceeding before the Registrar 1[or any proceeding under Section 112 before an Additional Registrar] in which no appeal lies, for the purpose of satisfying themselves as to the legality or propriety of any decision made or order passed and may pass such order thereon as they may deem fit.
Explanation – For the purposes of this Sub-Section, Registrar shall not include any person exercising all or any of the powers of the Registrar.
2[(2) an application under Sub-Section (1) shall be made within ninety days from the date of the decision or order sought to be revised:
Provided that an application under Sub-Section (1) against any decision made or order passed prior to the date of commencement of the Orissa Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act, 1980, shall be made within a period of ninety days next after the commencement of the said Act, or within one year from the date of the decision or order sought to be revised, whichever period expires earlier.]
1. Omitted by Orissa Act 28 of 1991.
register, book of account or document belonging to a Society and such action is not done in good faith; or
(b) an officer or member of a Society or any other person who does any act or omission declared by the rules to be an offence, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 5[ten thousand rupees.]
(6) Any officer of a Society who, having ceased to hold office and having remained in possession at the time of such cessation, of any document, cash, valuable security or other property which belongs to the Society or the custody whereof lawfully belong to such Society, without sufficient cause refuses, neglects or fails to deliver up the same to his successor in office shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 6[fifteen thousand rupees] or with simple imprisonment which may extend to three months or with both.
(7) Any officer of Society who having the power, by or under the byelaws of the Society, to remain in custody of any cash belonging to the Society keeps in his custody, without reasonable cause, any such money in excess of the permissible limit beyond the period allowed under the said bye-laws or in any other manner not permitted thereunder shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 7[fifteen thousand rupees] or with simple imprisonment which may extend to one year or with both.
1[(8) If any officer of a Society or any of his near relatives having common economic interest fails to repay the total demand of the Society outstanding against him by the due date, the Registrar will be informed within fifteen days of such due date failing which the officer or employee of the Society responsible for sending such information shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 2[ten thousand rupees.]
(9) If the Secretary or the Executive Officer of the Society fails to send the intimation in due time as required by Sub-Section (3) of Section 28-A, he shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 3[eighteen thousand rupees] or with simple imprisonment which may extend to two months.
4[(10) An applicant for a loan from a Co-operative Agricultural and Rural Development Bank, who wilfully makes a false or defective declaration, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 5[eighteen thousand rupees] or with imprisonment which may extend to six months or with both.]
6[(11) Any person disobeying a lawful written directive of the Chief Electoral Officer of the Co-operative Societies, issued under Section 28-A in connection with the holding or conduct of any election under this Act, shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 7[fifteen thousand rupees], or with imprisonment which may extend to one year, or with both.
(12) Any person wilfully indulging in any corrupt practice, prohibited act, disorderly conduct or misconduct within the meaning of Section 28-A shall be punishable with fine which may extend to 8[eighteen thousand rupees], or with
1. Deleted by Orissa Act 19 of 1983.
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