Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
109.
Lien on shares
1. A registered society
has a lien on a share or any amount outstanding to the credit of a member or
his legal representative for a debt due by that member to that society.
2. A registered society
may enforce a lien mentioned in subsection (1) in the manner set out in its
by-laws.
3. The Board may, in
default of payment by any member indebted to a registered society, apply the
sum paid up for the time being on any shares held by that member in or towards
the discharge of the debt so due and of any expenses in or about the same, and
the defaulting member shall cease to have any further claim in respect of such
shares.