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Co-operative Societies.
Appointment of Registrar and assistant registrars.
Societies which may be registered.
Conditions of registration.
Application for registration.
PART II.
REGISTRATION.
3. The Governor may appoint a person to be Registrar of Co-operative Societies for the Colony and may appoint persons to assist such Registrar, and may, by general or special order published in the Gazette, confer on any such persons all or any of the powers of a Registrar under this Ordinance.
4. Subject to the provisions hereinafter contained, a society which has as its object the promotion of the economic interests of its members in accordance with co-operative principles, or a society established with the object of facilitating the operations of such a society, may be registered under this Ordinance with or without limited liability as the Registrar may decide: Provided that the liability of a society which includes at least one registered society among its members shall be limited.
5. (1) No society, other than a society of which a member is a registered society, shall be registered under this Ordinance, which does not consist of at least ten persons each of whom is qualified under section 21 for membership.
(2) The word "co-operative" or its Chinese equivalent shall form part of the name of every society registered under this Ordinance.
(3) The word "limited" or its Chinese equivalent shall be the last word or words in the name of every society with limited liability registered under this Ordinance.
(4) When for the purposes of this section any question arises as to age, residence, or occupation of land constituting the qualification of any person, that question shall be decided by the Registrar whose decision shall be final.
6. (1) For the purposes of registration an application shall be made to the Registrar.
(2) The application shall be signed—
(a) in the case of a society of which no member is a registered society, by at least ten persons qualified
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