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CAP. 33]
Co-operative Societies Rules.
[1964 Ed.
[Subsidiary]
43 of 1947, Schedule.
G.N.A. 102/56.
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION.
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES RULES.
(Cap. 33 section 51).
[15th February, 1951.]
Citation.
Register of Societies.
Duty of Registrar to make original entries.
Duty of Registrar to initial alterations.
Right of public to inspect register.
Applications for registration of societies.
Registration.
Duty of Registrar on registration of society.
1. These rules may be cited as the Co-operative Societies Rules.
2. The Registrar shall keep or cause to be kept at his office a register to be called "the Register of Societies" wherein shall be entered particulars relating to the registration of societies and their by-laws.
3. All original entries in the Register of Societies shall be made by, or under the direction of, the Registrar and shall be signed by him.
4. Every alteration, interlineation or erasure in the Register of Societies shall be initialled by the Registrar.
5. The Register of Societies shall be open to inspection by the public at all reasonable times and shall be free of charge.
6. (1) Every application for the registration of a society shall be submitted to the Registrar in the form prescribed by him.
(2) Three copies of the by-laws which the society proposes to adopt shall be submitted together with the application.
7. Where the Registrar decides to register a proposed society, the society and its by-laws shall be registered in the Register of Societies.
8. Upon the registration of a society the Registrar shall forward to the society free of charge-
(a) a certificate of registration;
Duty of Registrar to record reasons for refusal.
(b) a copy of the by-laws of the society as approved by him and certified under his hand as having been approved by him; and
(c) a copy of the Ordinance and of the rules in English.
9. When the Registrar refuses to register a society or its by-laws, he shall record in writing his reasons for so doing.