Article 243ZQ - Offences and penalties - Constitution of India

1 [Article 243ZQ. Offences and penalties.- (1) The Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions for the offences relating to the co-operative societies and penalties for such offences. (2) A law made by the Legislature of a State under clause (1) shall include the commission of the following act or omission as offences, namely ( a ) a co-operative society or an officer or member thereof wilfully makes a false return or furnishes false information, or any person wilfully not furnishes any information required from him by a person authorised in this behalf under the provisions of the State Act; ( b ) any person wilfully or without any reasonable excuse disobeys any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of the State Act; ( c ) any employer who, without sufficient cause, fails to pay to a co-operative society amount deducted by him from its employee within a period of fourteen days from the date on which such deduction is made; ( d ) any officer or custodian who wilfully fails to handover custody of books, accounts, documents, records, cash, security and other property belonging to a co-operative society of which he is an officer or custodian, to an authorised person; and ( e ) whoever, before, during or after the election of members of the board or office bearers, adopts any corrupt practice. ] ******************* NOTES:- 1 . Inserted vide Article 4 of the Constitution (97th Amendment) Act, 2011 dated 12-01-2012 , w.e.f. 15-02-2012.