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

To provide for co-operative principles and for compliance with co-operative principles; to provide for the categories, application for registration and registration of co-operatives; to provide for the constitution and functions of co-operatives; to provide for the registered offices of co-operatives, as well as the record-keeping by co-operatives; to provide for membership and general meetings of members, and governance of co-operatives; to provide for the capital structures and the financial reporting and the independent audit or review of co-operatives; to provide for the board of directors; to provide for the management of co-operatives through their board of directors; to provide for the capital structure of co-operatives; to provide for the amalgamation, division, conversion and transfer of co-operatives to any other form of juristic person; to provide for the winding-up and deregistration of co-operatives; to provide for judicial management of co-operatives; to provide for the administration of the Act; to establish the Co-operatives Advisory Council; to provide for the

membership and functions of the Council; to establish the Co-operatives Development Agency; to provide for the governance of the Agency; to provide for the legal status, functions and powers of the Agency; to establish the Board of the Agency; to provide for the governance of the Agency; to provide for the funding and financial management of the Agency; to establish the Co-operatives Tribunal; to provide for the functions and composition of the Tribunal; to provide for special provisions relating to certain kinds of co-operatives; to provide for co-operation between governmental agencies in for the promotion and support of co-operatives; and to provide for matters connected therewith.

[Long title substituted by section 76 of Notice No. 558, GG 36729, dated 5 August 2013]