Co-Operative Societies Act 1993 · Updated to 1 Apr 2015 · Part IV · Rights and Liabilities of Members
30. Votes of members
Feedback & supportNo member or delegate of members of any co-operative society shall have more than one vote in the conduct of the affairs of the co-operative society, and in the case of an equality of votes the chairman shall not have a casting vote.
member
“member” includes a person or a co-operative society joining in the application for the registration of a co-operative society and who has signed the minutes of the inaugural general meeting of the co-operative society and a person or co-operative society admitted to membership of the co-operative society in accordance with the regulations and its by-laws after registration;
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Notwithstanding subsection (1), a member of a secondary or a tertiary co-operative society may have such voting powers as are provided by the by-laws of such secondary or tertiary co-operative society.
tertiary co-operative society
“tertiary co-operative society” means a co-operative society as provided for under subsection 4(3). Co-operative Societies 17
Subject to sections 31 and 36, no member shall vote through another member and no delegate shall vote through another delegate.
delegate
“delegate” means— (a) a representative of individual members elected at a regional meeting of members of a primary co-operative society in which the general meeting of members is replaced by a general meeting of delegates; or (b) a representative of a co-operative society which is itself a member of another co-operative society, the meetings of which such representative has been elected or appointed to attend;