Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
The Registrar of his own motion after giving thirty days notice by order direct dissolution of a Co-operative society on one or more of the following grounds:— (a) where the Co-operative society has not commenced working within twenty- four months from the date of its registration; or (b) where the Co-operative society has not carried on business or ceased to function for two consecutive years; or (c) where the Co-operative society has obtained its registration by mistake or fraud; or (d) where the Co-operative society has lost the minimum number of members provided in section 16 for the purpose of registration: Provided that where there is a provision under the by-laws to make good the deficit in the minimum number, this ground is not applicable.