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(1) Every cooperative society shall maintain a register of members. The name of every person admitted as a member of the cooperative society shall be entered in the register along with such particulars as may be deemed necessary by the Board. EDUCATION OF MEMBER ETC. EDUCATION OF MEMBER ETC. (2) The name of a person - (i) whose admission is refused under sub-section (2) of -» section 20; or (ii) who has withdrawn from membership under section21; (iii) who ceased to be a member under section22 ; or (iv) whose membership has been terminated under section23 shall be deleted from the register of members : Provided that the name of a person referred to in clause (i) or clause (iv) shall not be deleted from the register of members till expiry of 30 days from the date of the decision of the Board or Annual General Meeting, as the case may be, and in case an appeal is preferred under sub-section(2) of section23,as the case may be. The register maintained under sub-section(l) shall be prima facie evidence of the date on which any person was admitted to the cooperative society as a member and of the date on which he ceased to be a member. 25.(1) Every cooperative society shall include a certain amount in its budget s annually, as provision for expenses on education of member and / potential member, education and training of staff and directors for the development of their cooperative societies in accordance with the cooperative principles specified in Schedule A and practices of cooperation, besides contributing at least 1% of profit or an amount specified by the Registrar in case of societies not earning profit ,to State Cooperative Union for cooperative education and training. RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF MEMBERS OF REGISTERED SOCIETIES AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS THEREOF RIGHTS AND LIABILITIES OF MEMBERS OF REGISTERED SOCIETIES AND EXERCISE OF RIGHTS THEREOF 26.(1) Every member of a registered society and every ex-officio member of the Administrative Council or Managing Body of such society, unless under some temporary disqualification, shall have the right to attend any general meeting of the society and to exercise vote at such meeting. (2) No member of a cooperative society shall exercise the right of a member including the right of vote unless he has made such payment to the cooperative society in respect of membership or has acquired and continues to have such interest in the cooperative society as may be specified in the bye-laws. THE ASSAM GAZETTE, EXTRA ORDINARY, FEBRUARY 4, 2012 383 VOTES OF MEMBERSAND MANNER OF EXERCISING VOTE LIABILITIES OF PAST MEMBER AND HIS ESTATE (3) The Chief Executive of every cooperative society within twenty days of closure of the previous cooperative year, shall prepare a list of members with the right of vote, and a list of members without the right of vote ,valid for the current financial year. The list shall be affixed on the notice board of the head office of the cooperative society for information of all members and any member not satisfied with specific instances of inclusion or non-inclusion of members in the lists, may appeal to the Board within ten days from the date of the affixing of the lists on the notice board, for re-examination of the records, and the Board shall within forty days of closure of the previous cooperative year, review the lists, finalise it, and have it affixed on the notice board of the head office of the cooperative society: Provided that a member who is an employee or member of Employees Union of such society shall not be entitled to vote - (i) at the election of a member of the Board of such society; (ii) in any general meeting convened for framing the bye-laws of such society or any amendments thereto. (4) In the case of equality of votes the Chairperson shall have a casting vote. 27 (1) In primary cooperatives societies, irrespective of the shares held in the society and subject to temporary disqualification .each member shall have equal voting right (one member one vote). Similarly in case of Secondary Cooperative Society, the representative of such cooperative society shall have same voting rights (one representative one vote). Every member of cooperative society or the representative referred herein shall exercise his vote in person and in the manner specified in the bye-laws and no member or representative shall be permitted to vote by proxy : Provided that a person shall have been a member for at least one full financial year, before being eligible to vote or to seek election to managing body: Provided further that the condition of one year membership shall not apply to the members who join at registration or at any time after the registration of a cooperative society but before the first day of the next co-operative year. (2) Every member of a cooperative society shall exercise his vote in the manner specified in the bye-laws.