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Registered societies to have a managing committee etc.--(1) Every registered society shall have an address, registered in accordance with rules, to which all notices and communications may be sent, and shall send notice, in writing to the Registrar and to the financing bank, if any, of which it is a share holder and to the Co-operative Federation, if any, of which it is member, of any change in the said address within fifteeri days of such change, 2[(2) The management of registered Society shall be vested in managing committee constituted in accordance with the provisions of this Act and rules/byelaws of the society made under this AGL. Notwithstanding any thing contained in any provision of this Act or Rules Byelaws of the Society the maximum number of members including office bearer or office bearers in a managing committee of Society shall be seventeen in Apex and State level Society, fifteen in Central Co- operative Society and thirteen in Primary Society: 4["Provided that there shall be reservation of two seats for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, two seats for the Backward Classes and two seats for the Extremely Backward Classes on the Board of every Co-operative Society: Provided further that for the purpose of reservation of seats as in the above proviso, the State Government may, by general or special order, exclude the Board of societies or class of societies not consisting of individuals as members or not having members from above categories of reservation: Provided further that the total number of seats so reserved shall not exceed fifty per cent of the total number of seats: Provided further also that as nearly as but not exceeding fifty per cent of the total number of seats so reserved shall be reserved for women belonging to the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, the Backward Classes and the Extremely Backward Classes, as the case may be: Provided further also that as nearly as but not exceeding fifty per cent of the total number of seats not reserved above for the Scheduled Castes or the Scheduled Tribes, the Backward Classes and the Extremely Backward Classes shall be reserved for women: Provided further also that the total number of seats so reserved for women shall not be less than two. The seats so reserved shall be filled up from amongst the members of Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes, Backward and Extremely Backward Classes and women either by election or/ and by co- option. This provision shall apply to all societies from the Primary Society and up to the Apex societies: pProvided further also that such reservation in Primary Society and up to the Apex Society shall be governed by the Rules made under this Act for this purpose." 3[(3) An Officer of the State Government if deputed to a registered society either as a Managing Director, Executive officer or in similar position shall be the Chief Executive thereof and subject to general direction and control of the Managing Committee, shall have the following powers and functions; (i) to have general control over the administration of the registered society; (ii) to convene meetings of the Managing Committee; (iii) to receive all moneys and securities on behalf of the registered society and to make arrangement for the proper maintenance and custody of cash balances and other properties of the registered society;