Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
102.
Creation of charge in favour of the society
1. A person to whom
money has been lent by a society or who is otherwise indebted to the society
may be required to create a charge in favour of the society in such form as may
be prescribed in the Regulations.
2. A charge shall so
long as it continues in force confer on the society the following rights and
impose on the society the following obligations, that is to say—
a.
the
right upon the happening of any event specified in the charge as being an event
authorising the chargee to seize the property subject to the charge and take
possession of any such property so subject;
b.
after
an interval of 5 clear days from the date of taking possession of any property
subject to the charge, or such less time as may be specified in the charge to
sell such property either by auction or if the charge so provides by private
treaty, either for a lump sum or payment by installments;
c.
to
apply the proceeds of sale in or towards discharge of the debt secured by the
charge and the costs of seizure and sale and to pay any surplus of such
proceeds to the member whose property is sold.
1.
2.
3. A charge shall, so
long as it continues in force, impose on the chargee the obligation to pay to
the society towards the discharge of his indebtedness the proceeds of sale of
any property comprised in the charge or any money received under any policy of
insurance or by way of compensation in respect of any such property, except in
so far as the charge otherwise allows.
4. For the avoidance of
doubt, it is hereby declared that a charge under this section is not a bill of
sale within the meaning of the Bill of Sale Act.