Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
77.
Misuse of confidential information
A
director or officer, or an associate of a director or officer, who, in
connection with a transaction relating to shares of a society or a debt or
obligation of a society, makes use of confidential information for the benefit
or advantage of himself or an associate that, if generally known, might
reasonably be expected to affect materially the value of the share or the debt
obligation—
a. is liable to
compensate any person for a direct loss suffered by the person as a result of
the transaction, unless the information was known or reasonably should have
been known to the person at the time of the transaction; and
b. is accountable to the
society for any direct benefit or advantage received or receivable by him or
his associate, as the case may be, as a result of the transaction.