Section 74(e) in The Delhi Co-Operative Societies Act, 2003
(e)"co-operative housing society" means a co-operative society -(i)registered or deemed to be registered as a co-operative housing society under this Act;(ii)the principal object of which is to provide its members open plots under plot housing, dwelling units or flats (whether in a multi-storeyed building or otherwise) in a complex under group housing and in case where open plots or dwelling units or flats are already acquired to provide its members common amenities and services including services relating to the arrangement of finances for facilitating construction of dwelling units in order to solve their needs of dwelling units through mutual-aid in accordance with the co-operative principles, and includes a house building, co-partnership, co-ownership housing society, co-operative housing maintenance society, multipurpose cooperative housing society and any other co-operative society of like nature and purpose;(iii)"co-operative housing maintenance society" means a cooperative society formed by the owners of dwelling units in a building for the purpose of maintenance of the building and provisions of common amenities, services, etc;(iv)"co-ownership co-operative housing society" means a cooperative society known as "house building" or plotted society in which the land is held either on lease-hold or free-hold basis by the co-operative society and the houses constructed on it are owned or to be owned by its members;(v)"co-partnership co-operative housing society" known as group housing means a co-operative society in which land and buildings are held by the co-operative society on lease-hold or free hold basis and members are allotted flats or such other premises in such buildings with a right to occupy the same in accordance with terms of lease, Government's guidelines and the bye-laws of such group housing;(vi)"multi-purpose co-operative housing society" means a society formed with the object of undertaking multifarious activities for the economic and social development of its members, particularly of slum dwellers and economically weaker sections of the people, in addition to providing better housing accommodation and better environment to improve their quality of life;
