Section 1 - Short title, extent and commencement. - MULTI-STATE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 2002

MULTI‑STATE CO‑OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 2002 [39 of 2002] An Act to consolidate and amend the law relating to co‑operative societies, with objects not confined to one State and serving the interests of members in more than one State, to facilitate the voluntary formation and democratic functioning of co‑operatives as people s institutions based on self‑help and mutual aid and to enable them to promote their economic and social betterment and to provide functional autonomy and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. BE it enacted by Parliament in the Fifty‑third Year of the Republic of India as follows: CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY Short title, extent and commencement. 01. (1) This Act may be called the Multi-State Co‑operative Societies Act, 2002. (2) It extends to the whole of India. (3) It shall come into force on such date [1] as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint and different dates may be appointed for different provisions of this Act and any reference in any such provision to the commencement of this Act shall be construed as a reference to the coming into force of that provision. ----------------------------- Notes:- 1. Vide G.S.R. 571(E), dated 16-8-2002. [19-8-2002,]