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

Regulations

Co-operatives Administrative Regulations, 2016

Chapter 1 : Co-operative Registration and Support

Part 1 : Co-operative Registration, Governance and Maintenance

13. Registration of primary, secondary and tertiary co-operative and the national apex co-operative

 

(1) The following documents must be lodged for the registration of a primary, secondary, tertiary co-operative and the national apex co-operative:
(a) Form CO-OP 1 containing the application for registration of a co-operative;
(b) the proposed constitution of the co-operative complying with the provisions of section 13 of the Act and duly signed by at least such number of founding members as are required to form a co-operative of that particular form;
(c) Form CO-OP 5 containing particulars of the name reserved;
(d) if Form CO-OP 1 and the constitution is not signed by a founder member personally, a power of attorney signed by the founder member in favour of the person signing on his or her behalf; and
(e) certified copies of the identity documents of the directors and the founder members who have signed the constitution.

 

(2) Proof of payment of the registration fee contemplated in section 6(2)(d) of the Act must be submitted with the documents referred to in sub-regulation(1).