A Commissioner for Co-operative Development, Deputy Commissioner, Assistant Commissioners and other cooperative development officers shall be appointed by the Minister under section 3. Societies which has as it objects the promotion of economic interest of its members in accordance with the cooperative principles and which in the opinion of the Commissioner is capable of promoting those interests, may be registered as a cooperative society under this Act with or without limited liability (sect. 5). Apex societies shall be registered only with limited liability. An apex society is a union of cooperatives (sect. 2). Conditions of registration are set out in section 6. Societies, on registration, shall become bodies corporate. A cooperative society may enter into a contract with its members for the disposal of agricultural produce in accordance with section 30. Section 48 imposes a duty to sell agricultural produce though a cooperative society in certain cases.
Kenya · 1966-01-01