MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE — AMENDING ACT

. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (Department of Agriculture, Co-operation and Farmers Welfare) NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 16th August, 2016 G.S.R. 798(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 124 of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act 2002(39 of 2002), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Multi State Cooperative Societies Rules, 2002, namely (1) These rules may be called the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (/Amendment) Rules, 2016, They shall come into force on the date oftheir publication in the Official Gazette. In the Multi State Co-operative Societies Rules, 2002, in rule 3, in sub-rule (1), (i) for clause (b), the following clause shall be substituted namely; " (b) the list of persons who have contributed to the share capital, together with the amount contributed by each ofthem and the admission fee paid by them along with their ID-address proofs duly attested by the Chief Promoter (ii) after clause (c), the following clauses shall be inserted, namely; " (f) primary multi state co-operative societies having objects and functions relating to credit or having multi-purpose objects shall be registered initially with two States or the Union Territories as area of operation; (g) societies having objects and functions relating to credit or having multi-purpose objects shall be required to submit the following documents, namely (i) no objection Certificate from the Registrar of Cooperative Societies of the states or the union tcmtoncs concerned where the proposed area of operation ofthe society extends; (ii) verification certificate of the background and other credentials of the Chief Promoter and Promoters duly certified by the Registrar of Cooperative Societies of the State where the Registered Of