Cooperative Societies Act (No. 15 of 1991). Pays/Territoire République-Unie de Tanzanie Type du document Législation Date 1991 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn 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. Sujet Agriculture et développement rural Mot clé Législation de base Développement agricole Coopérative/organisation de producteurs Enregistrement Aire géographique Afrique, Afrique Orientale, Pays les moins avances Résumé 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. Texte intégral Anglais Références - Législation Implementé par Cooperative Societies Rules, 1991 (G.N. No. 408). Législation | République-Unie de Tanzanie | 1991 Mot clé: Développement agricole, Coopérative/organisation de producteurs, Enregistrement Source: FAO, FAOLEX Amendé par Cooperative Societies (Amendment) Act (No. 5 of 1997). Législation | République-Unie de Tanzanie | 1997 Mot clé: Développement agricole, Coopérative/organisation de producteurs Source: FAO, FAOLEX Abrogé par Cooperative Societies Act, 2003 (No. 20 of 2003). Législation | République-Unie de Tanzanie | 2004 Mot clé: Législation de base, Développement agricole, Coopérative/organisation de producteurs, Enregistrement, Contrat/accord Source: FAO, FAOLEX