Co-operative Societies.
in accordance with the requirements of subsection (1) of section 5; and
(b) in the case of a society of which a member is a registered society, by a duly authorized person on behalf of every such registered society, and, where all the members of the society are not registered societies, by ten other members, or, when there are less than ten other members, by all of them.
(3) The application shall be accompanied by copies of the proposed by-laws of the society, and the persons by whom or on whose behalf such application is made shall furnish such information in regard to the society as the Registrar may require.
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and appeals.
7. (1) If the Registrar is satisfied that a society has Registration complied with the provisions of this Ordinance and the rules, and that its proposed by-laws are not contrary to this Ordinance or to the rules, he may, if he thinks fit, register the society and its by-laws. An appeal shall lie to the Governor in Council against the refusal of the Registrar to register any society within one month from the date of such refusal.
(2) On registration the society shall pay such fee as may be required by the rules.
corporate.
8. The registration of a society shall render it a body Societies to corporate by the name under which it is registered, with be bodies perpetual succession and with power to hold property, to enter into contracts, to institute and defend suits and other legal proceedings, and to do all things necessary for the purpose of its constitution.
9.
A certificate of registration signed by the Registrar Evidence of shall be conclusive evidence that the society therein mentioned is duly registered, unless it is proved that the registration of the society has been cancelled.
PART III.
DUTIES AND PRIVILEGES OF SOCIETIES.
of the by-laws
10. (1) Any registered society may, subject to this Amendment Ordinance and the rules, amend its by-laws, including the of a registered by-law which declares the name of the society.
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