Western Australian Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVE AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES ACT 1903 - SECT 47

47 .         Liability of members in winding up

                Where a registered society is wound up in pursuance of an order or resolution, the liability of a present or past member of the society to contribute for payment of the debts and liabilities of the society, the expenses of winding up, and the adjustment of the rights of contributories amongst themselves shall be qualified as follows — 

            (a)         no individual, society, or company who or which has ceased to be a member for one year or upwards prior to the commencement of the winding up shall be liable to contribute;

            (b)         no individual, society, or company shall be liable to contribute in respect of any debt or liability contracted after he or it ceased to be a member;

            (c)         no individual, society, or company, not a member, shall be liable to contribute, unless it appears to the Court that the contributions of the existing members are insufficient to satisfy the just demands on the society;

            (d)         no contribution shall be required from any individual, society, or company, exceeding the amount, if any, unpaid on the shares in respect of which he or it is liable as a past or present member;

            (e)         an individual, society, or company shall be taken to have ceased to be a member, in respect of any withdrawable share withdrawn, from the date of the notice or application for withdrawal.