Holding of office in credit cooperative society Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, no person shall be eligible to hold, at the same time, office of a president or chairman or vice-president or vice-chairman on the board of more than one multi state cooperative society Provided that any person holding, at the commencement of this Act, the office of a president or chairman or vice-president or vice-Chairman in more than one industrial processing cooperative society shall within three months from such commencement by notice in writing signed by him, intimate the name of the multi state cooperative society in which he wishes to serve and there upon his office in the other multi state society in which he does not wish to serve shall become vacant Provided further that in default of such intimation within the period referred to in the preceding proviso, his offices in all the multi state co-operative societies shall, at the expiration of the period aforesaid, become vacant.
Multi state societies With respect to the states, the minimum age required to serve as a house representative ranges from 18 to 25, with about half the states requiring a minimum age of 21. Only about a third of the states allow 18-year-olds to serve in the state senate, and 20 have set a minimum age of 25. In five states, the minimum age required to serve as a state senator is 30.Provided that any person holding, at the commencement of this Act, the office of a president or chairman or vice-president or vice-chairman in more than one multi state cooperative society shall, within three months from such commencement by notice in writing signed by him, intimate the name of the multi state cooperative society in which he wishes to serve and thereupon his office in the other multi state cooperative society in which he does not wish to serve shall become vacant. They will not be allowed to have any interest in the management of the society including right to vote, contest election as director of the board or participate in the general body meetings of the society. Where any member of cooperative society to be registered is a Government company, a corporate body or a society registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860(21) of 1860 such member shall duly authorize any person to sign the application for registration of multi state cooperative society and the bye-laws on its behalf and a copy of such resolution giving such authority shall be appended to the application.