Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
23.
Borrowing by directors and other officers
1. No officer, director,
Credit Committee member, Supervisory Committee member, or employee of a
society, may borrow from the society an amount in excess of his holdings
therein in shares, deposits and accumulated earnings, unless approved by the
vote of two-thirds of the other members of the Board, Credit Committee and
Supervisory Committee sitting together.
2. A meeting referred to
in paragraph (1) is not properly constituted unless a quorum of the members of
the Credit Committee is present.
3. No registered society
shall lend any member an amount exceeding—
a.
10
percent of the aggregate of the registered society’s share capital, retained
earnings and reserves;
b.
the
aggregate of the members’ ordinary deposits and the society’s reserves; or
c.
such
lesser percentage as is specified in the by-laws.