Co-operatives Act, 2005 (Act No. 14 of 2005)

Chapter 8 : Amalgamation, Division, Conversion and Transfer

60. Approval of division

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(1)The board of directors must submit a proposed agreement to divide a co-operative to a general meeting.

 

(2)A copy or summary of the proposed agreement referred to in subsection (1) must accompany the notice of such meeting.

 

(3)An agreement to divide a co-operative must be adopted by a special resolution.

 

(4)After the members of the co-operative have approved the division, the constitutions of the co-operatives to be constituted by the division must be submitted to the registrar for approval together with a notice of their registered offices, a notice of the directors and members of the co-operatives in question and the prescribed fee as contemplated in section 70A.

[Section 60(4) substituted by section 45 of Notice No. 558, GG 36729, dated 5 August 2013]

 

(5)The following must also be submitted to the registrar:
(a)A declaration by the directors of the co-operative being divided, establishing that the relevant provisions of its constitution have been complied with in approving the division;
(b)a declaration by the directors of each co-operative constituted by the division, establishing that there are reasonable grounds to believe that—
(i)the co-operatives to be constituted will be able to pay their liabilities as they become due;
(ii)the realisable value of the assets of the co-operatives to be constituted will not be less than the total liabilities, share capital and reserves; and
(iii)the interests of creditors will be protected in compliance with section 64.

 

(6)The registrar must issue a certificate of registration in the name of the co-operatives to be constituted if satisfied that—
(a)the co-operative has complied with all the relevant provisions of its constitution and this Act in approving the division; and
(b)the constitutions of the co-operatives to be constituted comply with this Act.