(1) A co-operative society may, with the previous approval of the Registrar, by a resolution passed at a general meeting, change its name.
(2) A co-operative society shall communicate its new name to the Registrar and the Registrar shall enter the new name in the relevant register and shall make necessary corrections in the certificate of registration issued under section 16.
(3) The change of name of a co-operative society under sub-section
(1) shall not affect any right or obligation of such co-operative society or of any member or past member (including a deceased member) thereof, and any legal proceeding pending before any authority, tribunal or Court by or against such co-operative society may be continued in its new name.
Change of name and its effects.
327 The West Bengal Co-operative Societies Act, 1983.
[West Ben. Act (Chapter IV—Status and management of co-operative societies.—Sections 23-25.)
Cooperative society to be body corporate.
Final authority of co-operative society.
Annual general meeting.
CHAPTER IV Status and management of co-operative societies
23. A registered co-operative society shall be a body corporate by its registered name with purpetual succession and a common seal, and with power to acquire, hold and dispose of property, to enter into contracts, to institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings and to do all things necessary for the purposes for which it is constituted.