Section 28(1) in The Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961
(1)(a)If the record, registers or the books of accounts of co-operative society are likely to be tampered with or destroyed and the funds and property of a society are likely to be misappropriated or misapplied; or(b)If the committee of a co-operative society is reconstituted at a general meeting of the society or, the committee of a society is removed by the Registrar under section 27 or if the society is ordered to be wound up under section 57 and the outgoing members of the committee refuse to hand over charge of the records and property of the society to those having or entitled to receive such charge;the Registrar may apply to the magistrate, within whose jurisdiction the society functions, for securing the records and property of the society.
