(1) In case of grant of loans against security of movable or immovable property, the lending society shall maintain such margin as the Registrar may, by general or special order, direct from time to time with reference to different commodities, securities or classes of societies.
(2) In case of cash credit, the amount of loan shall not exceed such multiple of owned funds of the borrowing society, as may be laid down by the Registrar from time to time.
(3) It shall be lawful for a society to grant loans without taking security of movable or immovable property, if the purpose for which the loans given is considered production worthy or credit worthy and it is reasonably expected that the loans will be repaid by the loanee. The Registrar may, issue directions to societies to ensure that credit worthy purposes indicated above received finance from the societies without any difficulties, on the one hand, and without being detrimental to the financial interest of the societies on the other.
(4) The Registrar may recognise a Central Bank as a Central Financing Agency which shall be primarily responsible for financing credit requirements of all credit worthy purposes through the concerned societies in its jurisdiction. On such recognition, such Bank shall be responsible for making all possible efforts to mobilize local resources for 76 making loans available to the societies in its area. Such loans may be granted for credit worthy purposes, given due importance to the production plans and requirements of various strata of the producers and co-operative discipline with reference to linking up of credit with cooperative processing or co-operative marketing.
(5) Except with the general or special permission of the Registrar the loan advanced to a member by a society, or to a society by a financing Bank, shall be subject to such conditions as may be laid down by the Registrar, including the maximum amount to be advanced and the period of repayment both in regard to total advances to members and societies as also against different types of securities.
(6) In the matter of grant of loans to societies by Central Banks or to members by Primary Societies, the Registrar may lay down, the procedure regarding receiving applications, assessing credit needs, making inquiries in respect of the production programme for which such loan is required and the procedure for finally sanctioning the loan as also the rates of finance to be followed from year to year and the nature of inquiries to be made for the purpose of financing of different crops and imposition of certain conditions regarding proper utilization of loans and sale or agricultural produce through specified co-operative organization before such finance is granted.
(7) The Registrar may by general or special order prohibit or regulate grant of loans by a Central Bank or a society where such grant is considered neither in the interest of the society nor in the interest of the development of co-operative movement on sound lines.
(8) No society shall carry on transactions on credit or sanction trade credit to its members or to non-members except in accordance with 77 the general or special direction that may be issued by the Registrar in this behalf.