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Cognizance of Offence :- (1) No court inferior to that of a Judicial Magistrate of the first class shall try any offence under this Act. (2) No prosecution shall be instituted under this Act without the previous sanction of the Registrar and such sanction shall not be given without giving to the person concerned a reasonable opportunity to represent his case. CHAPTER XX GENERAL *119. Address of society: - Every co-operative society registered under this Act shall have its head office in the State of Haryana and shall have its address registered in the manner prescribed to which all notices and communications may be sent and shall send to the Registrar, notice of every change thereof within a period of thirty days of such change. **119A. Affiliation or disaffiliation with federal society.- Any unit of the Co-operative Credit Structure may, with the prior approval of the Registrar, affiliate or disaffiliate with a federal society keeping in view the financial position of the federal society. It shall have the freedom of entry and exit at any tier and there shall be no mandatory restrictions of geographical boundaries for its operation. *120. Copy of Act, rules and bye-laws etc. to be open to inspection.- (1) Every co-operative society shall keep a copy of this Act, rules and its bye-laws and also a list of its members open to inspection free of charge at all reasonable times at the registered address of the society. (2) Every co-operative society may provide access to every member of a co-operative society to the books, information and accounts of the co-operative society kept in regular transaction of its business with such member by charging fee, if any, prescribed by the Registrar.‖.