[Section 77 heading substituted by section 290, item 19 in Schedule 4, of Act No. 9 of 2017 - effective 1 April 2018 (paragraph (h) of Notice 169 of 2018)]
(a) |
in connection with any business conducted by him, her or it— |
(i) |
use or refer to himself, herself or itself by any name, description or symbol indicating, or calculated to lead persons to infer, that such person is a co-operative bank or a co-operative financial institution registered as such under this Act; or |
(ii) |
in any manner purport to be a co-operative bank or a co-operative financial institution registered as such under this Act; or |
(b) |
use in respect of any business a name or description that includes the expression "co-operative bank", "co-op bank", "co-operative financial institution" or any derivative thereof. |
(2) |
It is an offence for any person to conduct the business of any co-operative bank or co-operative financial institution unless such person is registered as a co-operative bank or a co-operative financial institution in terms of this Act. |
(a) |
It is an offence for a co-operative bank to provide, participate in or undertake banking services other than the services authorised in respect of the type of co-operative bank it is registered as in terms of this Act. |
(b) |
It is an offence for a co-operative financial institution to provide, participate in or undertake services other than the services that it is authorised to provide as a registered co-operative financial institution in terms of this Act. |
[Section 77 substituted by section 290, item 19 in Schedule 4, of Act No. 9 of 2017 - effective 1 April 2018 (paragraph (h) of Notice 169 of 2018)]