## CONSTITUTION 243ZQ

### CONSTITUTION 243ZQ — Offences and penalties
- https://unisonlegal.in/statutes/constitution/243ZQ

> 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;
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(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.