View All - 1972 Acts Section No : Acts & Ordinances CO-OPERATIVE EMPLOYEES COMMISSIONMarginal Notes1. This Act may be cited as the Co-operative Employees Commission Act, No. 12 of 1972, and shall come into operation on such date as may be appointed by the Minister by Order published in the Gazette (hereafter in this Act referred to as the " appointed date ").2. Power of Minister to exempt co-operative societies from the succeeding provisions of this Act. 3. Establishment of Co-operative Employees Commission. 4. Constitution of the Commission. 5. Incorporation of the Commission. 6. Term of office of members. 7. Chairman, and conduct of business. 8. Remuneration of members. 9. Secretary and other officers. 10. Taking of oaths by members and officers of the Commission. 11. Powers of the Commission. 12. Financial provisions. 13. Co-operative society to be an employer. 14. Co-operative societies and their employees to be subject to directions of the Commission. 15. Directions of Commission to be binding upon employees of co-operative societies. 16. Introduction of terms and conditions of service and options as to their acceptance. 17. Examination of serving officers and restriction on application of new terms and conditions of service. 18. Residential qualifications. 19. Scales of salary of employees to be determined according to grading of a co-operative society and grade or class of employees. 20. Secondment of Government servants. 21. Salaries of employees of co-operative societies. 22. Transfer of employees of co-operative societies. 23. Dismissal and punishment of employees of co-operative societies. 24. Security furnished by employees of co-operative societies. 25. Regulations relating to employees. 26. Duties of co-operative society in respect of its employees. 27. Provident Fund. 28. Co-operative employees to be employees of the society and not of the Commission. 29. Commissioner to grade societies and determine stall. 30. The Commission to secure the concurrence of the Commissioner regarding qualifications, salary scales, &c. 31. Removal of difficulties. 32. Commission to make regulations. 33. Immunity of individual members of the Commission. 34. Engagement of contractual, casual or daily-paid employees. 35. Offences. 36. Interference with the Commission. 37. Unauthorized disclosure of information prohibited. 38. Communications of the Commission to be privileged. 39. Certain enactments not to apply to co-operative societies and their employees. Cap. 131. 40. Interpretation.