Section 118
Section 118 of DCS Act 2003. Any co-operative society or an officer or member thereof, willfully making a false return or furnishing false information, or any person willfully or without any reasonable excuse disobeys any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act, or willfully not furn
(1) Any co-operative society or an officer or member thereof, willfully making a false return or furnishing false information, or any person willfully or without any reasonable excuse disobeys any summons, requisition or lawful written order issued under the provisions of this Act, or willfully not furnishing any information required from it or him or by a person authorized in this behalf under the provisions of this Act, shall be punishable with fine which shall not be less than two thousand rupees but which may extend to ten thousand rupees.
(2) Any employer who, without sufficient cause, fails to pay to a co-operative society the amount deducted by him under section 52 within a period of fourteen days from the date on which such deduction is made shall, without prejudice to any action that may be taken against him under any other law for the time being in force, be punishable with fine which may extend to five thousand rupees.
(3) Any officer or custodian who willfully 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 a person entitled under section 38 or section 60 or section 61 or section 62 or section 99 shall be punishable with fine which may extend to two thousand rupees and in the case of a continuing breach, with a further fine which may extend to five thousand rupees for every day during which the breach is continued after conviction for the first such breach.
(4) Any person who acts in contravention of section 44 or section 45 or sub-section (2) of section 66 or section 67 or section 68 or section 138 shall be punishable with fine of five hundred rupees.
(5) The committee of a co-operative society or any of its officers or employees who falsify or tamper with the record of the co-operative society, shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
(6) Any officer or employee of a co-operative society including the paid secretary who dishonestly or fraudulently misappropriates or otherwise converts for his own use or intentionally causes loss to the property of the co-operative society entrusted to him or under his control as such officer or employee, or allows another person so to do shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
(7) If any allotment of plot or flat is made by the committee in contravention of the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 77, the committee and its members responsible shall be punishable with imprisonment which may extend to seven years and shall also be liable to fine.
(8) If a co-operative society fails to file return as required under section 32, the committee or the negligent officer shall be punishable with a fine, which may extend to five hundred rupees.
(9) If committee fails to dispose of application within the period prescribed in section 91, the committee members responsible shall be liable for a penalty of ten thousand rupees and in the case of a continuing breach, with a further fine of one hundred rupees for every day during which the breach is continued after the expiry of the prescribed period.
(10) On conviction, a member of the co-operative society shall be debarred from contesting election of a committee for a period of six years." (substituted vide Notification No. F.14(31)/LA-2004/16 dated 17/01/2005) Prohibition of the use of the word `co-operative' or its equivalent.
Section 118, DCS Act 2003 (Act 149 of 2005).
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Questions about Section 118
How do I find court cases under Section 118 of the DCS Act 2003?
In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: DCS Act 2003 118, section 118 DCS Act 2003, section 118 of the DCS Act 2003. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.
What should I read with Section 118 of the DCS Act 2003, and has it changed?
Its own text turns on section 32, section 38, section 44, section 45, and on 11 further provisions, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 2 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it.
When was the DCS Act 2003 enacted?
DCS Act 2003 was enacted in 2005 as Act 149 of 2005. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.
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