Co-Operative Societies Act 1993 · Updated to 1 Apr 2015 · Part III · Duties and Privileges of Co-Operative Societies
13. Documents open to inspection
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co-operative society
“co-operative society” means an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically controlled enterprise which is registered under this Act;
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a copy of this Act and the regulations or orders, directives or guideline;
a copy of its by-laws and last audited accounts;
a list of its members;
a list of the members of the Board;
the name of its chief executive officer, if any; and
a list of officers of the co-operative society concerned with the management of the co-operative society, if any, open to inspection, free of charge, at all reasonable times at the registered address of the co-operative society to members only.
Any co-operative society or officer of the co-operative society who fails to comply with subsection (1) commits an offence and shall, on conviction—
conviction
“conviction” includes a finding of guilt and the proving of an offence; Co-operative Societies 11
in the case of a co-operative society, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit and shall in addition , be liable to a daily fine of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction; or
in the case of an officer of the co-operative society, be liable to a fine not exceeding two hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both and shall in addition, be liable to a daily fine of one hundred ringgit for each day during which the offence continues after conviction.