Introduction :
To cater the needs of various cooperative societies and to have control over it, the State Government established the Department of Cooperation in the year 1962. The Department of Cooperation i.e. the office of Registrar of Cooperative Societies, is the registering and controlling Authority of all the Cooperative Societies.
Initially, the State had adopted the Maharashtra State Coop. Societies Act, 1960 and the Rules, 1962 made thereunder for the registration and control of Cooperative Societies. Subsequently, State enacted its own law, The Goa Cooperative Societies Act, 2001, and Rules 2003. At present all the Cooperative Societies registered in the State of Goa is governed under the provisions of Goa Cooperative Societies Act, 2001 (hereinafter referred to as “said Act”) and the Cooperative Societies Rules 2003 made thereunder (herein after referred to as “ said Rules”).
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