State Act

THE KARNATAKA CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 1959.

21. Manner of exercising vote.- 1[(1) Every member, 3[every representative,]3 every delegate and every nominee shall exercise his vote in person and not by proxy]1 2[at a general meeting or an election of the members of the *board* of a cooperative society]2 3[Explanation: For the purposes of section 20 and this section and wherever else it occurs, the word ‘delegate’ means a member of a cooperative society to represent that society in other cooperative societies.]3 (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1),— 1[(a) the *board* of a co-operative society which is a member of another co-operative society may appoint one of the members of the *board* to vote on its behalf in the affairs of that other society;]1 1[Provided that where a new *board* has been elected to a cooperative society, such newly elected *board* shall send a delegate or nominee to any other cooperative society where it is a member.]1 1[(b) where the Life Insurance Corporation of India, the State Warehousing Corporation or such other institutions approved by the State Government or a market *board* or a local authority or a firm, 2[or a self-help group] 2 a company or any other body corporate constituted under any law for the time being in force is a member of a co-operative society, a person nominated by such institution, market *board* or local authority or a firm, 2[or a self-help group]2 a company or any other body corporate constituted under any law for the time being in force, may vote on its behalf in the 3[general meeting or the election of the members of the *board*] 3 of the society;]1 1[(3) A member once nominated by the board of a Co-operative Society under clause (a) of sub-section (2) to vote on its behalf in any meeting of any other Co-operative Society shall not be changed except by a resolution passed with substantial reasons in a board meeting by a two third majority of the members present and voting in such meeting. However a Co-operative Society shall not nominate or appoint any member of the board to vote on behalf of it in more than two co-operative societies.]1