Section 15B(1) in The Punjab Co-operative Societies Act, 1961
(1)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act -(i)every person eligible for admission as a member of a co-operative society shall be deemed to have been admitted as a member of the society from the date of receipt of his application for such admission in the office of that society ;(ii)the Registrar may of his own motion or on a complaint made by the committee of the society or any aggrieved person by an order determine that such a person is not eligible to be a member of the society and on such determination that person will cease to be a member :Provided that no such order shall be made unless the person already admitted as a member is given an opportunity of being heard and where an order is to be made on the basis of a complaint it shall be made within a period of thirty days of the receipt thereof.
