Section 79(1) in The U.P. Co-operative Societies Act, 1965
(1)When a co-operative farming society is registered under Section 77, all and in the circle held by a member, whether as bhumidhar or sirdar, other than land in possession of his asami, till such time as it is so held by the asami, shall be deemed to have passed into the possession, control and management of the co-operative farming society, which shall thereupon hold such land in accordance with the provisions of this Chapter and may use the same for any of the purposes mentioned in sub-section (1) of Section 77:Provided that nothing in this sub-section shall apply to any land on which farm house has been built or to such land, not exceeding one-half of an acre in area, appurtenant to the farm house as the member, at the time applying for membership of the society, opts to reserve for his personal cultivation:Provided further that where a member of a co-operative farming society has only a share in a joint holding, his share in that holding shall not, unless all the co-sharers of that holding are members of society, be deemed to pass into the possession, control and management of the society, unless he gets his share partitioned or he is in separate possession of a part of that holding:Provided also that nothing in this section shall be construed to mean that the interest of the bhumidhar or the sirdar in the land contributed by him to the co-operative fanning society has except as provided in Section 82, ceased to vest in him.Explanation. - For the purposes of this section, "land" shall not include grove land, or land held and used by the bhumidhar or the sirdar for purposes connected with horticulture, sericulture or animal husband dray which includes piggery, pisciculture and poultry farming, or for the development of any cottage industry subsidiary to any such purpose, but shall include such land as is held by the bhumidhar or the sirdar for any of the aforesaid purposes if it also one of the purposes of the society.
