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Definitions In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires (a) "State" means the State of Jharkhand; (b) "Board" means the Board of Directors of a Cooperative Society; (c) "Bye-laws"means the bye-laws of a registered Cooperative Society; (d) "Chief executive" means an individual who, subject to the superintendence, control and direction of the board, has been entrusted with the management of the affairs of a Cooperative Society; (e) "Cooperative society" means an organisation registered or deemed to be registered under this Act; (f) "Cooperative basis" means the Cooperative principles enumerated in section 3 of this Act; (g) "Primary Cooperative Society" means a Cooperative Society whose member is not a Cooperative Society; (h) "Central Cooperative Society" means a Cooperative Society which is different from Federation and Union and which has any other Cooperative Society, and, if the bye-laws so provide, individuals as its members; (i) "Federation"means a Federation constituted under sub-section (2) of section 14 of this Act; (j) "Union" means as Union Constituted under sub-section (1) of section 14 of this Act; (k) "General Body" means (i) in relation to a Primary Cooperative Society, all the members of that Cooperative Society, 4/42 (ii) in relation to a Central Cooperative Society, delegates of all the member Cooperative Societies, and, if the bye-laws so provide, individual 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 Cooperative Society registered under this Act; (m) "Office-bearer"means a person elected or appointed by a Cooperative Society to any office of such Cooperative Society; (n) "Registrar" means the Registrar of Self-Supporting Cooperative Societies appointed under section 8 of this Act and includes any other person on whom all or any of the powers of the Registrar under this Act are conferred; (o) "family" means husband, wife and their unmarried daughters and minor sons; (p) "Cooperative tribunal" means a tribunal constituted under section 39 of this Act. Chapter II Cooperative Principles