Cooperative Societies Act (No. 15 of 1991). Country/Territory United Republic of Tanzania Document type Legislation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Long titleAn Act to make better provision for the formation, constitution, registration and operation of cooperative societies; and for other matters incidental to or otherwise connected with those purposes. Subject Agricultural & rural development Keyword Basic legislation Agricultural development Cooperative/producer organization Registration Geographical area Africa, Eastern Africa, Least Developed Countries Abstract The Act makes provision for the constitution of several kinds of cooperative societies, their registration, rights and liabilities of members, duties of registered societies, privileges of registered societies, management, property and funds and dissolution of registered societies, and for cooperative development in general. Section 4 defines "cooperative society" and outlines its objectives. Section 11 provides for the registration of cooperative societies. Section 13 distinguishes between 4 classes of cooperative societies: (a) the primary society, which may be formed by not less than ten persons of specialized skills; (b) secondary societies which may be formed by primary societies for the purpose of facilitating the operation of such societies; (c) apex societies, which may be formed by secondary societies for facilitating operations of secondary societies; (d) the Federation, which may be formed by one of the three classes of societies aforementioned for purposes of providing centralized services to member societies (sects. 13-20). The Minister responsible for cooperative societies may, for any registered society or class of such societies, make rules with respect to matters specified in section 123. The text of the Act consists of 140 sections which are divided into 19 Parts. Full text English References - Legislation Implemented by Cooperative Societies Rules, 1991 (G.N. No. 408). Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1991 Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Registration Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amended by Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act (No. 5 of 1997). Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 1997 Keyword: Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization Source: FAO, FAOLEX Repealed by Cooperative Societies Act, 2003 (No. 20 of 2003). Legislation | United Republic of Tanzania | 2004 Keyword: Basic legislation, Agricultural development, Cooperative/producer organization, Registration, Contract/agreement Source: FAO, FAOLEX