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Membership of the Fund.— (1) Every Dairy Farmer who has completed 18 years of age shall be eligible for registration as member of the Fund under the provision of this Act and Scheme. 1[* * * * * *] 2[(2) Application for registration of membership shall be submitted in the prescribed form either directly or online and the application so submitted shall be submitted to the Board after verification and recommendation by the dairy co-operative society concerned and shall be attested by the Dairy Development Department Officer, authorised by the Chief Executive Officer in this behalf and having jurisdiction over the place where the applicant resides.] (3) Every application shall be accompanied by such documents together with the fee for registration as may be specified in the scheme. 3[(4) Where the Chief Executive Officer is satisfied that the applicant has complied with the provisions of this Act and the Scheme made thereunder, his application for membership shall be considered in the ensuing Board meeting itself. In the event of taking a decision to reject the application, the same shall be informed to the applicant with the reasons thereof, either online or in writing, within a period of fourteen days from the date of taking of such decision for rejection by the Board: Provided that no application for registration shall be rejected without giving the applicant an opportunity of being heard.] (5) Any person aggrieved by the decision under sub-section (4) may, within such time as may be specified in the Scheme, prefer an appeal to the Chief Executive Officer or any other authority as may be specified by the Government in this behalf and after conducting necessary enquiry on the appeal petition and after giving a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the appellant, the Chief Executive Officer or such other authority shall take a decision on such appeal within thirty days from the date of its receipt, and such decision shall be final. (6) The Chief Executive Officer shall make necessary arrangements to maintain the 1Omitted by Act 5 of 2010 ( w.e.f 24-08-2005). 2 Substituted by Act 8 of 2024 ( w.e.f. 07-06-2024). 3Substituted by Act 8 of 2024 ( w.e.f. 07-06-2024). registers or other records prescribed in this behalf.