Co-Operative Societies Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part III · Duties and Privileges of Societies
13. Disposal of produce to or through registered society
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
A registered society which has as one of its objects the disposal of any article produced or obtained by the work or industry of its members, whether the produce of agriculture, animal husbandry, forestry, fisheries, handicraft or otherwise, may provide in its by-laws or may otherwise contract with its members that —
registered society
“registered society” means a co-operative society registered under this Act;
every such member who produces any such article shall dispose of the whole or any specified amount, proportion or description thereof to or through the society; and
any member who is proved or adjudged, in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules, to be guilty of a breach of the by-laws or contract, pay to the society as liquidated damages a sum ascertained or assessed in such manner as may be prescribed by the rules or its by-laws.
No contract entered into under the provision of this section shall be contested in any court on the ground only that it constitutes a contract in restraint of trade.
Terms defined in s 2
by-laws
Defined · s 2“by-laws” means the registered by-laws made by a society in the exercise of any power conferred by this Act, and includes a registered amendment of the by-laws;
member
Defined · s 2“member” includes a person or registered society joining in the application for the registration of a society, and a person or registered society admitted to membership after registration in accordance with the by-laws;
registered society
Defined · s 2“registered society” means a co-operative society registered under this Act;
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