State Act

The Punjab Self-Supporting Co-operative Societies Act, 2006

37. (1) The members of a self-supporting co-operative society by signing a requisition may request the Board to call a special meeting of the general body of a self-supporting co-operative society : Provided that such a requisition shall be signed by not less than ten per cent of the members of the self-supporting co-operative society. (2) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (1), the Registrar may, ask the Board to call a special meeting of the general body of a self-supporting co-operative society when he deems necessary either suo moto or on the receipt of any complaint, which necessitates to call for such a meeting. (3) The requisition for calling special meeting, shall contain the reasons as to why the special meeting of the self-supporting co-operative society is felt necessary and it shall also contain an agenda of the matters proposed to be discussed in such a special meeting. (4) The special meeting requisitioned under sub-section (1) or sub-section (2), as the case may be, shall be called by the Board within a period of thirty days from the date of receipt of the requisition of calling such a meeting.