The power of Central Registrar or the person authorized by him under Multi State Cooperative Societies Act, 2002 shall have the following powers, namely:(a) he shall at all reasonable times have free access to the books, accounts, documents, securities, cash and other properties belonging to or in the custody of the multi state cooperative society and may summon any person in possession or responsible for the custody of any such books, accounts, documents, securities, cash or other properties to produce the same, at any place specified by him;(b) he may, notwithstanding any bye-law specifying the period of notice for a general meeting of the multi state cooperative society, require the officers of the society to call a general meeting of the society by giving notice of not less than seven days at such time and place at the headquarters of the society to consider such matters, as may be directed by him and where the officers of the society refuse or fail to call such a meeting, he shall have power to call it himself;(c) he may summon any person who is reasonably believed by him to have any knowledge of the affairs of the Powers and Functions of chief executive in multi state cooperative society to appear before him at any place at the headquarters of the society or any branch thereof and may examine such person on oath. The Central Registrar may, after considering the report of the liquidator made to him under sub-section (3) of section 81, order the registration of the cooperative society to be cancelled and on such cancellation, that society shall stand dissolved.
2. An order passed under sub-section (1) shall be communicated by registered post to the president of the multi state cooperative society and to the financial institutions, if any, of which the society was a member. The Central Government may, by notification, direct that any power exercisable by the Central Registrar under this Act (other than the power of registration of a multi society ) shall in relation to such society, and such matters as may be specified in the notification be exercisable also by any other officer of the Central Government or of a State Government as may be authorized by the Central Government subject to such conditions as may be specified.