GOVERNMENT OF KERALA

Law (Legislation-D) Department

NOTIFICATION

 

No. 25263/Leg. H1/2017/Law.                                              7th April, 2018

Dated, Thiruvananthapuram                                                  24th Meenam. 1193

                                                                                              17th Chaithra,, 1940.

 

The following Act of the Kerala State Legislature is hereby published for general information. The Bill as passed by the Legislative Assembly received the assent of the Governor on the 7^th day of April, 2018

 

                                                                                            By order of the Governor,

                                                                                              B. G HARINDRANATH,

                                                                                                    Law Secretary

ACT 11 OF 2018

THE KERALA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 2018

 

An Act further to amend the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969.

 

Preamble.—WHEREAS, it is expedient further to amend the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 for the purposes hereinafter appearing;

 

BE it enacted in the Sixty-ninth Year of the Republic of India as follows:-—

 

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) This Act may be called the Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2018.

 

(2) It shall be deemed to have come into force on the 26th day of December, 2017.

 

2. Amendment of section 88.—In section 88 of the Kerala Co-operative Societies Act, 1969 (21 of 1969) (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act), for clause (a) of sub-section (1), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:—

 

"(a) seven members representing the various categories of affiliated societies within the circle, elected, in such manner as may be prescribed, by the members of the committee of each such category of societies from among themselves;".

 

3. Repeal and saving.—(1) The Kerala Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2018 (2 of 2018) is hereby repealed.

 

(2) Notwithstanding such repeal, anything done or deemed to have been done or any action or deemed to have been taken under the principal Act as amended by the said Ordinance shall be deemed to have been done or taken under the principal Act as amended by this Act.