Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Enquiry (1) Every Cooperative Society shall furnish any relevant information required by the Registrar in order to enable him to satisfy whether the Cooperative 25/42 Society has conducted its affairs in accordance with the Cooperative Principles and the provisions of this Act. (2) The Registrar may, of his own motion, and shall on the application, of union/federation to which the Cooperative Society concerned is affiliated, or of a creditor to whom the Cooperative Society is indebted or of not less than one-third of the directors, or of not less than ten percent of the members, hold an enquiry or cause an enquiry to be made into the specific matter or matters relating to any gross violation of any of the provisions of this Act by the Cooperative Society. (3) The Registrar shall order an enquiry only after the receipt of a fee, from the applicant or applicants, deemed sufficient to meet the costs of the enquiry to be conducted. (4) The enquiry shall be completed within a period of four months from the date of ordering the enquiry. (5) The Registrar shall within a period of one month from the date of completion of enquiry, communicate the report of the enquiry: (a) to the Cooperative Society concerned, (b) to the applicant and person designated by the applicant to receive such a report, (c) to any member of a Cooperative Society, to any Federation of which the Cooperative Society is a member, to any creditor on payment of fee specified by the Registrar, (d) to the Cooperative Tribunal.