No person shall be admitted as member of a cooperative except the following namely :—
(a) the person who needs the services of co-operative, expresses willingness to accept the responsibility of membership and meets such other conditions as may be specified in the articles of association of the Cooperative and is in a position to use the services, provided he is :—
(i) competent to 1[contract under section 11 of 2[the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872)] ;
3[x x x x] :
Provided that the cooperative is in a position to extend its services to the applicant ;
(b) any other Cooperative registered under this Act ;
(c) a firm, company or any other body corporate under any Law for the time being in force or any society registered under 4[the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860)] :
Provided that every Partner, Director or member as the case may be of such firm, Company, corporate body or society is a permanent resident of the State.
(2) Every applicant for membership, and every member of a cooperative must keep each cooperative of which the person is a member, informed of membership in other cooperatives and it shall be available to a cooperative to refuse admission or remove from membership on grounds, among others, of dual or conflicting membership.
(a) the person who needs the services of co-operative, expresses willingness to accept the responsibility of membership and meets such other conditions as may be specified in the articles of association of the Cooperative and is in a position to use the services, provided he is :—
(i) competent to 1[contract under section 11 of 2[the Indian Contract Act, 1872 (9 of 1872)] ;
3[x x x x] :
Provided that the cooperative is in a position to extend its services to the applicant ;
(b) any other Cooperative registered under this Act ;
(c) a firm, company or any other body corporate under any Law for the time being in force or any society registered under 4[the Societies Registration Act, 1860 (21 of 1860)] :
Provided that every Partner, Director or member as the case may be of such firm, Company, corporate body or society is a permanent resident of the State.
(2) Every applicant for membership, and every member of a cooperative must keep each cooperative of which the person is a member, informed of membership in other cooperatives and it shall be available to a cooperative to refuse admission or remove from membership on grounds, among others, of dual or conflicting membership.
Source footnotes
1. Pl. see “Errata” issued on 8-3-2000.2. Substituted for the Jammu and Kashmir Contract Act, Samvat 1977 by S.O. 3466(E) dated 05.10.2020.
3. Sub-clause (ii) omitted ibid.
4. Substituted ibid for “the Jammu and Kashmir Societies Registration Act, Samvat 1998”.
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