Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT 1939

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   4.      Interpretation for Act  

   PART 2--ADMINISTRATION

   5.      Registrar  
   5AA.    Deputy registrar  
   5A.     Inspectors  
   5B.     Inspections  
   6.      Registrar may require certain information or evidence to be given  
   7.      Special meeting and inquiry  
   8.      Certificate about cost of inquiry etc  
   8A.     Registrar may require bank to give information  
   9.      Inspection of documents  
   10.     Registrar may administer oath etc  
   11.     Appeal from decisions of registrar  

   PART 3--COOPERATIVE TRADING SOCIETIES

   13.     Objects  
   14.     Prescribed trading societies  

   PART 3C--COOPERATIVE HOUSING AND SERVICES SOCIETIES

   14J.    Objects  

   PART 4--INCORPORATION

   15.     Liability and membership  
   16.     Formation and registration of society  
   16AA.   Prohibited names  
   16A.    Powers of registered societies  
   17.     Change of name  
   18.     Amalgamation  
   19.     Property to vest on amalgamation  
   20.     Certificate of incorporation  
   21.     Members  
   22.     Shares  
   22A.    Reserves  
   23.     Surplus from operations  
   24.     Liability of members of society  
   25.     Purchase or repayment of shares  
   26.     Cancellation and reissue of shares  
   28.     Charge and set-off against member  
   29.     Death of member  
   30.     Death of intestate  
   31.     Society a body corporate  
   32.     Use of the word ‘cooperative'  
   34.     Property  
   35.     Granting of securities  
   36.     Raising of money etc  
   37.     Investments  
   38.     Voluntary transfer of engagements—trading societies  
   38AA.   Transfer of engagements by direction  
   38A.    Registration of society as a company  
   39.     Contracts  
   40.     Name and address of society  
   40A.    Service of documents on society  
   41.     Effect of rules  
   42.     Registers and records  
   42A.    Accounts  
   42B.    Statement to be attached to accounts  
   42C.    Statement to be attached to holding society accounts  
   42D.    Statements in relation to financial year of society  
   42E.    Directors report on society other than holding society  
   42F.    Directors report on group holding society  
   42G.    Report may omit prejudicial information  
   42H.    Reports generally  
   43.     Inspections of documents by members and creditors  
   44.     Returns  
   45.     Dealings with members and applicants  
   46.     Charges payable by members  
   47.     Fines  
   48.     Special resolution  

   PART 5--RULES, MANAGEMENT AND DISPUTES

   49.     Rules  
   50.     Alteration of rules  
   51.     Board of directors  
   52.     Meetings  
   53.     Votes of members  
   54.     Minutes  
   55.     Officers  
   56.     Accounts and audit  
   57.     Financial year  
   58.     Disputes  

   PART 6--SUSPENSION, ADMINISTRATION AND WINDING-UP

   58A.    Suspension of operations  
   58B.    Administrator  
   59.     Winding-up  
   60.     Application of Corporations Law in winding-up  
   60A.    Filling vacancy in position of liquidator—voluntary  
   61.     Dissolution  
   62.     Cancellation  

   PART 7--EVIDENCE AND OFFENCES

   63.     Certificates and documents  
   64.     Rules  
   65.     Registers  
   66.     Minutes  
   67.     Entries  
   68.     Defaults by society  
   69.     Restrictions on powers  
   70.     Too few members  
   71.     Name  
   72.     Seal  
   73.     Allotment of shares  
   74.     False copies of rules  
   75.     Falsification  
   76.     Fraud or misappropriation  
   77.     Commission  
   78.     Contravention of Act  
   79.     Recovery of penalties  
   80.     Civil remedies  

   PART 8--MISCELLANEOUS

   80A.    Review of decisions  
   80B.    Notification of decisions  
   80C.    Determination of fees  
   80D.    Approved forms  
   81.     Regulation-making power  
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