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APPENDIX TO CHAPTER VI 



Miscellaneous. 



28. Indian Companies Act, 1882, not to apply. 



29. Special power to Local Government to register any 



association under Act. 



ACT No. X. OF 1904. 



Passed by the Governor-General of India in Council. 

 {Received the Assent of the Governor-General on the 2^th March, 



1904.) 



An Act to Provide for the Constitution and Control 

 OF Co-operative Credit Societies. 



Whereas it is expedient to encourage thrift, self-help, and 

 co-operation among agriculturists, artisans, and persons of 

 limited means, and for that purpose to provide for the con- 

 stitution and control of co-operative credit societies, it is hereby 

 enacted as follows : 



Preliminary, 



1. (i) This Act may be called the Co-operative Credit 

 Societies Act, 1904 ; and 



(2) It extends to the whole of British India. 



2. In this Act, unless there is anything repugnant in the 

 subject or context — 



(a) ' By-law ' means a rule made by a society in the 



exercise of any power conferred by this Act, or by 

 any rule made under this Act ; 



(b) ' Committee ' means the governing body of a society 



to whom the management of its affairs is entrusted ; 



(c) ' Member' includes a person joining in the application 



for the registration of a society, and a person 

 admitted to membership after registration in accord- 

 ance with the by-laws and any rules made under 

 this Act ; 



(d) ' Officer ' includes a chairman, secretary, treasurer, 



member of committee, or other person empowered 

 under the rules applying to any society or the 

 by-laws thereof to give directions in regard to the 

 business of the society ; 



(e) ' Registrar ' means a person appointed to perform the 



duties of a Registrar of Co-operative Credit Societies 

 under this Act ; and 

 (/) ' Society' means a co-operative credit society registered 

 under this Act. 



