State Act

The Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited (Merger of certain Co-operative Societies) Act, 1983.

2.Definitions - In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) ‘Co-operative Societies Act’ means the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Societies Act, 1964 (Act 7 of 1964); (b) ‘general body of the transferee society ;’ means the general body consisting of such number of members as may be specified by the Government by notification under section 5; (c) ‘Government’ means the State Government of Andhra Pradesh; (d) ‘notification’ means a notification published in the Andhra Pradesh Gazette; and the word ‘notified’ shall be construed accordingly; (e) ‘Registrar’ means the Registrar of Co-operative Societies, Andhra Pradesh and includes any other person on whom all or any of the powers of the Registrar under this Act are conferred by the Government; (f) ‘Specified day’ means the date specified by the Government under sub-section (1) of section 3; (g) ‘transfer of assets and liabilities’ means the transfer of assets and liabilities of the Andhra Pradesh State Wool Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh State Textile Processing Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad and the Nellore District Weavers Service Co-operative Society Limited, Nellore as specified in section 3; (h) ‘transferee society’ means the Andhra Pradesh State Handloom Weavers Co-operative Society Limited; (i) ‘transferor societies’ means the Andhra Pradesh State Wool Industrial Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad, the Andhra Pradesh State Textile Processing Co-operative Society Limited, Hyderabad and the Nellore District Weavers Service Co-operative Society Limited, Nellore registered under the Co-operative Societies Act; (j) Act 7 of 1964. all words and expressions used in this Act and not defined, but defined in the Andhra Pradesh Co-operative Society Act, 1964, shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.