The Multi-State Cooperative Societies Rules, 1985

CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY

1. Short title and extent-

(1) These rules may be called the Multi-State Cooperative Societies (Privileges, Properties and funds, Accounts, Audit, Winding up and Execution of Decrees, Orders and Decisions) Rules, 1985.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. Definitions-

In these rules, unless the context otherwise requires,

(i) "Act" means the Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 (51 of 1984);

(ii) "authorised officer" means an officer authorised by the Central Government for the purpose of Section 95;

(iii) "decree" means any decree of a civil court and includes any decision or order referred to in section 85;

(iv) "decree holder" means any person holding a decree as defined in clause (iii);

(v) "defaulter" means any multi-State cooperative society, any cooperative society, ember or any other person committing default;

(vi) "form" means a Form appended to these rules;

(vii) "general meeting" means a meeting of the general body including a representative general body referred to in section 29;

(viii) "Judgement debtor" means any multi-State cooperative society against which or any person against whom a decree has been obtained;

(ix) "recovery officer" means any person authorised to exercise the powers of the Central Registrar under section 85;

(x) "sale officer" means a person authorised by the Central Registrar, by general or special order, to attach and sell the property of judgement-debtor or to execute any decree by attachment and sale of property;

(xi) "section" means a section of the Act;

(xii) words and expressions defined in the Act and used but not defined in these rules shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.