Chapter XIII-B/154B-17
Section 154B-17Funds & charges

Investment of funds

Section 154B-17, Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960

This chapter is in force. The 2019 Ordinance was a temporary law under article 213 of the Constitution and was replaced by the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Act, 2019, which re-enacted Chapter XIII-B in the same terms. When citing this provision in a notice, application or plaint, cite it as a section of the Maharashtra Co-operative Societies Act, 1960 — not as a section of the Ordinance.

In short

Funds may be invested in a District Central Co-operative Bank or the State Co-operative Bank holding at least an "A" audit class for the last three consecutive years — or, where no such bank is available in the district, any nationalised bank. Also permitted: securities under section 20 of the Indian Trusts Act 1882, shares or debentures of another limited-liability society, and any other mode allowed by the rules or by government order.

Official Text
A society shall invest or deposit its funds in one or more of the following :— (a) in a District Central Co-operative Bank, the State Co-operative Bank, having awarded at least “A” Audit Class in last three consecutive years, if no such Central Co-operative Bank is available in district, then any Nationalised Bank ; (b) in any of the securities specified in section 20 of the Indian Trusts Act, 1882 ; (c) in the shares, or security bonds, or debentures, issued by any other society with limited liability ; (d) in any other mode permitted by the rules, or by general or special order issued in that behalf by the State Government.

Source: Maharashtra Government Gazette, Extraordinary Part VIII, No. 21, 9 March 2019 — the authorised English translation published under article 348(3) of the Constitution. The Marathi on this page is our summary, not an official translation.

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