73-ID. Motion of non-confidence against officers of societies.- (1) A President Vice President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, secretary, treasurer or any other officer by whatever designation called who hold office by virtue of his election to that office shall cease to be such President, Vice-President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, treasurer or any other officer, as the case may be, if a motion of no-confidence is passed at a meeting of the committee by two-third majority of the total number of committee members who are entitled to vote at the election of such President, Vice President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer or any other officer and the office of such President, Vice-President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, secretary, treasurer or any other officer, as the case may be, shall thereupon be deemed to be vacant.
(2) The requisition for such special meeting shall be signed by not less than one-third of the total number of members of the committee who are entitled to elect the President, Vice-President, Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary, Treasurer or any other officer, as the case may be, of the committee and shall be delivered to the Registrar. The requisition shall be made in such form and in such manner as may be prescribed:
Provided that, no such requisition for a special meeting shall be made within a period of six months from the date on which any of the officers referred to in sub-section (1) has entered upon his office. (3) The Registrar shall, within seven days from the date of receipt of the requisition under sub-section (2), convene a special meeting of the committee. The meeting shall be held on a date not later than fifteen days from the date of issue of the notice of the meeting.
(4) The meeting shall be presided over by the Registrar or such officer not below the rank of an Assistant Registrar of Co-operative Societies authorised by him in this behalf.
The Registrar or such officer shall, when presiding over such meeting, have the same powers as the President or Chairman when presiding over a committee meeting has, but shall not have the right to vote.
(5) The meeting called under this section shall not, for any reason, be adjourned.
(6) The names of the committee members voting for and against the motion shall be read in the meeting and recorded in the minute book of committee meetings.
(7) If the motion of no-confidence is rejected, no fresh motion of no- confidence shall be brought before the committee within a period of one year from the date of such rejection of the motion.
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