Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
13.
Registration of societies
1. When the Registrar is
satisfied that an application is made in accordance with this Act, he shall,
within 3 months of the receipt of the application, register the society and its
by-laws and issue that society with a certificate of registration in the
prescribed form.
2. The name under which
a society is registered under this Act-
a.
shall
be published in the Gazette ; and
b.
shall
be noted in the register to be known as the “Register of Societies” and which
shall be kept at the office of the Registrar.
1.
2.
3. Where the Registrar
refuses to register a society he shall give the applicant reasons in writing
for the refusal.
4. The names of all
societies that are contained under this Act shall be entered in the Register of
Societies.