Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
62.
Supervisory Committee
1. Every credit union
shall have a Supervisory Committee which shall be elected by its members at the
annual general meeting.
2. The members of a
Supervisory Committee shall hold office for such term as the by-laws provide
and until their successors are elected.
3. The Supervisory
Committee shall consist of the number of members fixed by the by-laws, which
shall not be fewer than 3.
4. No person who is a
member of the Board or Credit Committee or who is an employee of the credit
union shall be a member of the Supervisory Committee.
5. A majority of the
Supervisory Committee constitutes a quorum.
6. A member entitled to
vote at an election of members of the Supervisory Committee, if he votes, shall
cast thereat a number of votes equal to or less than the number of the members
of the Supervisory Committee to be elected, and the member shall distribute the
votes among the candidates in such manner as he sees fit, but no candidate
shall receive more than one vote from each member.
7. Where a vacancy
occurs in the Supervisory Committee, the Supervisory Committee may fill such
vacancies until the next annual meeting of the credit union.
8. The by- the credit
union or other society may provide for the election and retirement of members
of the Supervisory Committee in rotation, but in that case no member shall be
elected for a term of more than 3 years, and no person may serve as a member of
the Supervisory Committee of a society for more than 2 consecutive terms or an
aggregate of 6 successive years.