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Amendment in Section - 26 of the Bihar Act 2 of 1997. — Sub-section (2) of Section - 26 of the said Act shall be substituted by the following, namely - “(2) The size of the Board shall be maximum twenty one members including Office- bearers accordance with the Bye-laws. Chief Executive shall be an ex-officio member of the Board. The Board shall co-opt such persons having experience in the 8 बहार गजट (असाधारण), 22 मई 2013 field of banking, management, finance or specialization in any other field relating to the object and the activities under taken by the Co-operative Societies, as members of the board; Provided that the number of such co-opted members shall not exceed two and this shall be in addition to the total members of the board: Provided further that such co-opted members shall not have the right to vote in any election of the Co-operative Society in their capacity as such member or to be eligible to be elected as Office-bearers of the Board: Provided further also that the Functional Directors of a Co-operative Society shall also be the members of the board and such members shall be excluded for the purpose of counting the total number of Directors: “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 percent of the total number of seats: Provided further also that as nearly as but not exceeding fifty percent 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 percent 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: Provided 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.”