Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
35.
Maximum liability on deposits and loans
1. In pursuit to Section
117 of the Act, every registered society shall from time to time fix, at a
general meeting, the maximum liability the society may incur in loans or
deposits from a member or non-member.
2. The maximum liability
fixed by paragraph (1) is subject to the approval of the Registrar.
3. No society shall
exceed the maximum approved by the Registrar pursuant to paragraph (2).
4. The Registrar may, at
any time, review the maximum approved pursuant to paragraph (2) and vary that
maximum.
5. No society shall
accept shares or ordinary deposits of more than $20,000 in any one transaction
from a member or non-member without an accepted declaration of the Source of
Funds.