Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
(1) Subject to the rules relating to voting by delegates, no member Votes of of a co-operative society shall have more than one vote in any matter members. that is put to vote or be permitted to vote by proxy: Provided that in the case of an equality of votes, the Chairman of the meeting shall have a second or casting vote: Provided further that if any member of a co-operative housing society or a co-operative consumers' society is unable to attend any of its meetings, such member may in writing authorise his wife or husband, as the case may be, to vote at such meeting on production of the authority. (2) Where two persons are joint members of a co-operative society, any one of them may attend a meeting of the co-operative society and shall have the right to vote at such meeting. (3) A co-operative society which is a member of any other co- operative society (hereinafter referred to as the latter co-operative society) may in writing authorise one of its members, not otherwise disqualified for being so authorised under this Act or the rules or the by-laws, to vote at any meeting of the latter co-operative society.