Co-Operative Societies Act, 1912
27. Exemption from compulsory registration of
instruments relating to shares and debentures of registered society.
Nothing in section 17, sub-section (1),
clauses (b) and (c), of the Indian Registration Act, 1908 (16 of 1908), shall
apply to-
(1) any instrument relating to shares in a
registered society, notwithstanding that the assets of such society consist in
whole or in part of immoveable property; or
(2) any debenture issued by any such society
and not creating, declaring, assigning, limiting or extinguishing any right,
title or interest to or in immoveable property except in so far as it entitles the
holder to the security afforded by a registered instrument whereby the society
has mortgaged, conveyed or otherwise transferred the whole or part of its
immoveable property or any interest therein to trustees upon trust for the
benefit of the holders of such debentures; or
(3) any endorsement upon or transfer of any
debenture issued by any such society.