Co-Operative Societies Act 2008
97.
Transfer of share or interest on death of member
1. Where a person has
been nominated as beneficiary by a member in accordance with the by- a society
and such nominee is admitted to membership in the society, the society shall
within one year of the death of the member by whom the nomination was made,
transfer the shares or interest of the deceased member to the nominee to the
limit specified in subsection (2).
2. Where no such nominee
is admitted to membership in the society or where the deceased member made no
such nomination the society shall within one year of the death of such deceased
member pay to the nominee or legal personal representative of the deceased
member as the case may be, such sum, not exceeding the said limit, representing
the value or part thereof of the deceased member’s share or interest in the
society.
3. Nothing in this
section shall be construed as prohibiting a nominee who has been admitted to
membership from electing to receive payment representing the value of the
deceased member’s shares or interest instead of accepting a transfer.