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Registration - (1) Where not less than ten individuals of each being member of a different family intend to form a Co-operative Society, or two or more Co-operative Societies registered under this section wish to form into a federation, or a society registered 1[under the provisions] of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 intends to convert itself into a Co-operative society under this Act, they shall frame bye-laws for this purpose in accordance with section 3 in the first instance. 2[Provided that no Co-operative Society shall be registered as a Dairy or milk Co-operative Society and no Dairy or milk Co-operative Society registered under any other law shall be converted into a dairy or milk Cooperative Society under this Act.] 3[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained under this Act or under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964, (Act 7 of 1964), all the Dairy/Milk Co-operative Societies registered or deemed to have been registered or converted under the provisions of this Act, shall be deemed to have been excluded from the provisions of this Act and deemed to have been registered and continued under the provisions of the Andhra Pradesh Co- operative Societies Act, 1964 (Act 7 of 1964).] (2) Thereafter an application for registration shall be submitted to the Registrar by hand or by registered post. (3) Every such application shall be accompanied by,- (a) the original and one copy of the bye-laws of the proposed Co- operative Society as adopted by the individuals or delegates of Co- operative Societies who wish to form into a co-operative society under this Act or by the general body of a Society registered under the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 which wishes to convert itself into a Co-operative Society under this Act; (b) a list of names of individuals or Co-operatives who wish to form into a Co-operative Society under this Act or of the members of the Committee of the society registered under the Andhra Pradesh Co- operative Societies Act, 1964 which intends to convert itself into a Co- operative Society under this Act with their addresses, occupations and their financial commitments to the proposed Co-operative Society; (c) a true copy of the minutes of the meeting at which the bye-laws were adopted, duly signed by atleast a majority of individuals or delegates present at the meeting where the bye-laws were adopted, or by a majority of the members of the Committee of the Co-operatives concerned where a Society registered under the Andhra Pradesh Co- operative Societies Act, 1964 intends to convert itself into a Co- operative Society under this Act; 1 . Substituted by Act No.20 of 2006, s.3, for the words “under section 7”.