Co-Operative Societies Act · 2015 Revised Edition · Part XI · General
Section 57
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any —
registered society or officer or member thereof wilfully neglecting or refusing to do any act or to furnish any information required for the purposes of this Act by the Registrar or other person duly authorised by him in that behalf; or
person wilfully or without reasonable excuse disobeying any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act, or failing to furnish any information lawfully required from him by a person authorised to do so under the provisions of this Act, is guilty of an offence against this Act.
Every offence referred to in subsection (1) shall be punishable by a fine of $2,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $100 for each day during which the offence continues; and in the case of a second or subsequent offence it shall be punishable by a fine of $8,000 and, in the case of a continuing offence, to a further fine of $200 for each day during which the offence continues.
Terms defined in s 2
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;
officer
Defined · s 2“officer” includes a chairman, secretary, treasurer, member, or other person empowered under the rules or by-laws to give directions in regard to the business of a registered society;
registered society
Defined · s 2“registered society” means a co-operative society registered under this Act;
Registrar
Defined · s 2“Registrar” means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies appointed under section 3 and includes any person when exercising such powers of the Registrar as may be conferred upon him under that section;