THE
CO-OPERATIVE
SOCIETIES (REPAYMENT OF LOANS)
ORDINANCE,
1960
(Ordinance
XXXIV of 1960)
15th August 1960
An
Ordinance to provide for the
repayment
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the repayment
of such loans taken from Co-operative Banks and other Co-operative Societies as
have not been secured or are insufficiently secured;
Now,
THEREFORE, in pursuance of
the Proclamation of the seventh day of October, 1958, and in exercise of all
powers enabling him in that behalf, the President is pleased to make and
promulgate the following Ordinance : --
1. Short title, extent and commencement :
-- (1) The Ordinance may be
called the Co-operative Societies (Repayment of Loans) Ordinance, 1960.
(2) It extends to the whole of Pakistan .
(3) It shall come into force at once.
2. Definitions : -- In this Ordinance, unless there is anything
repugnant in the subject or context : --
(a) “Co-operative Bank” means a Co-operative
Society established for carrying on banking business and having as its
principal object the financing of other co-operative societies, and includes
co-operative societies known as Banking Unions and Zamindari Banks;
(b) “Co-operative Society” means a society
which, having as its object the promotion of the common interests of its
members in accordance with co-operative principles or having been established
with the object of facilitating the operation of such a society, is registered
under the Co-operative Societies Act, 1912, or under any other law for the time
being in force relating to the registration of co-operative societies;
(c) “loan” means loan, whether of money or in
kind, which has not been secured or is insufficiently secured and taken : --
(i) from a co-operative society, not being a
Co-operative Bank, by any person other than a member of such society, or
(ii) from a Co-operative Bank by any
person, including any member thereof, but not a co-operative society, and
includes any transaction which, in the opinion of the Registrar is in substance
a loan as aforesaid;
Explanation : -- A loan is “insufficiently secured” if it is
not secured by mortgage, pledge, hypothecation or assignment of such property
of the borrower or of his surety or of both as, in the case of a loan not
exceeding thirty thousand rupees, co-operative society concerned, and, in the
case of a loan exceeding thirty thousand rupees, the Registrar, may think adequate.
(d) “Registrar” means : --
(i) [deleted ]
(ii) [deleted ]
(iii) in relation to a co-operative society in [the Punjab] the Registrar
of Co-operative Societies, [Punjab ].
3. Repayment of loans, etc : -- Notwithstanding anything contained in any
other law for the time being in force, or in any agreement or other instrument,
every loan repayable on any day earlier than one year preceding the
commencement of this Ordinance and every loan any installment whereof was
payable as aforesaid and has not been so paid, shall unless repaid earlier, be
repaid and secured in the following manner, that is to say : --
(a) not
less than twenty per cent of the loan repayable as aforesaid shall be paid
within six months from the commencement of this Ordinance; and
(b) the
balance of the loan after payment as aforesaid shall, within two months from
the expiry of the period mentioned in clause (a), be secured by mortgage,
pledge, hypothecation or assignment of such property of the borrower or of his
surety or of both as, in the case of a loan not exceeding thirty thousand
rupees, the co-operative society concerned, and, in the case of a loan
exceeding thirty thousand rupees, the Registrar, may think adequate, and shall
be repaid in such installments within a period not exceeding two years from the
commencement of this Ordinance as the co-operative society or the Registrar, as
the case may be, directs:
Provided
that the Registrar may, if he considers necessary, in cases in which not less
than fifty per cent of the loan has been repaid within the aforesaid period of
two years, extend the period by a further period, and such further period shall
not exceed six months.
4. Determination of liability to repay,
etc : -- (1) Every
co-operative society shall, within thirty days of the commencement of this
Ordinance, or within such further period as the Registrar may, in special
circumstances, allow, furnish to the Registrar full information in respect of
all cases of loans required to be repaid or secured under section 3.
(2) On receipt of information under
sub-section (1) in respect of any loan, the Registrar shall cause notice to be
issued to the borrower requiring him to repay and secure the loan in accordance
with the provisions of section 3.
(3) Where any borrower to whom notice under
sub-section (2) is issued does not admit the loan, or any liability arising
therefrom, he shall, within thirty days of the receipt of notice, or within
such further period as the Registrar may, in special circumstances, allow,
submit, either personally or by registered post (acknowledgment due), a written
statement to that effect to the Registrar, who thereupon shall cause notice to
be issued to the co-operative society concerned, and shall, after making such
inquiry as he considers necessary, and giving the parties reasonable
opportunity of being heard, decide the matter.
(4) The decision of the Registrar under
sub-section (3) shall be final, and shall not be called in question in any
court.
5. Power of Registrar when making inquiry
: -- The Registrar shall,
for the purpose of making any inquiry under this Ordinance, have the same
powers as are vested in a civil court under the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908,
when trying a suit, in respect of the following matters, namely : --
(a) summoning
and enforcing the attendance of any person and examining him on oath;
(b) requiring
the discovery or production of any document;
(c) requisitioning
any public record from any court or office;
(d) issuing
commissions for the examination of witnesses;
(e) appointing
guardians or next friends of persons who are minors or of unsound mind;
(f) adding
legal representatives of deceased borrowers or sureties;
(g) substituting
the names of rightful parties;
(h) consolidation
of cases; and
(i) any
other matter which may be prescribed by rules made under section 6.
6. Power to make rules : -- The [Provincial Government] may, by
notification in the official Gazette, make rules to carry out the purposes of
this Ordinance.
7. Penalty : -- Whoever contravenes any of the provisions of
this Ordinance or the rules made thereunder shall be punishable with
imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with
both.
8. Procedure : -- No court shall take cognizance of any case
under this Ordinance except on a complaint in writing made by the Registrar.
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