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Added by (Amdt.) Act 9 of 2002 (4) The Registrar shall, if he is satisfied that — (a) the application is in conformity with the requirement of this Act, and (b) the proposed bye-laws are not contrary to the provisions of this Act register the Cooperative Society and also its bye-laws and communicate a certificate of registration and the original of the registered bye-laws signed and sealed by him within a period of ninety days from the date of submission of application, to the Chief promoter mentioned in the application. (5) If the conditions laid down in sub-section (4) are not fulfilled, the Registrar shall communicate the order of refusal together with the reasons thereof, within ninety days from the date of submission of application, to the Chief Promoter. In case no refusal in communicated within the said period, the Cooperative Society shall be deemed to be registered and in that event to Registrar shall send a certificate of deemed registration and the original copy of deemed registered bye-laws signed and sealed by him within a period of one month. (6) Where an order of refusal in received by the applicants under sub-section within the prescribed period, they may appeal against this to the Cooperative Tribunal within sixty days of communication of such order or within sixty days of communication of such order or within sixty days of the period prescribed for the communication of the certificate of deemed registration. The decision of the Tribunal shall be final in this regard. (7) Where a Cooperative Society is registered, the certificate of registration signed and sealed by the Registrar shall be conclusive evidence: Provided that where a Cooperative Society was earlier registered under the Bihar Cooperative Societies Act, 1935, such registration shall be deemed to be cancelled once a certificate of registration under this section is issued.