Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
DefinitiOns. — in this Act, unless the context othetSe requires — (a) "State" means the State of Bihar; (b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of a Cooperatt 5ociety; (c) "By-laws" means the bye-laws of a registered Coopet 5ociety; (d) 'Chief executive" means an indiVidu who, subject to the superinteee control and direction of the board, has been entrusted with the 8flagement of the affairs of a Cooperative 5ociety (e) 0ooperative society" means an organization registered of deened to be registered under this Act; (f) oo perat1 basis" means the 0ooperative principles enumerated in section 3 (g) 'primary 0ooperate society" means a Cooperative 5 ociety whose member is of this Act; not a Cooperative SocietY (h) "Central Cooperative" means a Cooperative society which iS different from Federation and Union and which has any other 0ooperative 5ociety, and ,if the bye-laws so provides dividual5 as its members; (i) Federation means a Federation constituted under subsecti0n (2) of section 14 of this Act; 0) Union' means an Union constituted under sub-section (1) of section 14 of this Act; (k) "General body" means.. (i) in relation to Primary Cooperative Society, all the members of that Cooperative Society; (ii) in relation to a Central Cooperative Society, delegates of all the member Cooperative Societies, and, if the bye-laws so provide, individuals as its members; (iii) in relation to a Federation the delegates of all member, Cooperative Societies; (iv) in relation to the Union, the delegates of all the member Cooperative Federations and Cooperative Societies; (I) "General meeting" means a meeting of the general body of a Cooperav Society registered under this Act; (m) "Office-bearer" means a person elected or appointed by a Cooperative Sbcity to any office of-such Cooperative Society; 7n) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Self-suppoing Cooperative Societies appointed under Section 8 of this Act and includes any other person on whom all of any of the Powers of the Registrar under this Act are conferred; "family" means husband, wife, their unmarried daughters and dependent and dependent Sons; (p) "cooperative tribunal" means a tribunal constituted under section 39 this Act. CHAPTER/I COOPERA TIVE PRINCIPLES