Co-operative Societies Rules. Country/Territory Solomon Islands Document type Regulation Date 1956 (2005) Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Agricultural development Cooperative/producer organization Registration Dispute settlement Credit Geographical area Asia and the Pacific, Least Developed Countries, Melanesia, Oceania, Small Island Developing States, South Pacific Abstract These Rules implement provisions of the Cooperative Societies Act with respect to the following matters: registration of societies (rules 2 to 11), membership (12 to 17), division of profits (19), maximum liability of society on loans or deposits from members or non-members (20), meetings (21-30), the governing committee (31-35), employees (35), loans (36), marketing of produce (3), bad debts (39), annual accounts and reports (4), shares (41), sale of shares of members in default (42), secretary (43 to 44), unfit officers (45), Reserve Fund (46), auditing (47 to 48), by-laws (49 to 50), copies of entries (51), dispute resolution (52 to 55) and fees (56). (completed by 4 Schedules) Full text English Website www.paclii.org References - Legislation Implements Co-operative Societies Act. Legislation | Solomon Islands | 1953 (2006) Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Registration, Dispute settlement, Non-governmental entity, Basic legislation Source: FAO, FAOLEX