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Votes of members.--'[(1) Subject to the provisions of sub-section (2) of this section and of sub-section (4) of section 14 each member of a registered society shall have one vote only as a member in the affairs of the society, provided that in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman shall have a casting vote.] (2) A registered society which is a member of any other registered society shall have as many voters as may be prescribed by the bye-laws of such other society and may, subject to such bye- laws, appoint any number of its members, not exceeding the number of such votes, to exercise its voting power, provided that no member who is disqualified for such appointment under any rule shall be so appointed. (3) Save as provided in sub-section (2), voting by proxy shall not be allowed except with the general or special sanction of the Registrar for any society or class of societies. Comments & case-law [The voting right in proportion to the financial share holding of each member (as in Companies) has been excluded. A member, regardless of number of shares he owns, has only one vote. Harender Narain Banker vs. State of Bihar, 1985 PLJR 1078. The provisions of this section do not negative the system of indirect election. To permit every member to take part in election of Director may be colossal task. Therefore provisions can certainly be made for indirect election. Panchanan Sharma vs. The State of Bihar, 1989 PLJR 437. A member having a voting right, if he is not given a notice of a meeting such meeting will be illegal especially when there is a no confidence motion against the chairman of the co-operative society. Gazanan Narain Patil vs. Dhattatraya Waman Patil, AIR 1990 SC 1023 : (1990) 3 SCC 634: (1990) IJT 517.]