Section 156 in Jammu and Kashmir Co-Operative Societies Act, 1989
156. Recovery of sum due to Government.
(1)All sums due from a co-operative society or from an officer or member or past member of a co-operative society as such to Government, including any costs awarded to Government under any provision of this Act, may, on a certificate issued by the Registrar in this behalf, be recovered in the same manner as arrears of land revenue.(2)Sums due from society to Government and recoverable under sub-section (1) may be recovered firstly, from the property of the society, secondly, in the case of society the liability of the members of which is limited from the members, past members or the estates of deceased members, subject to the limit of their liability, and thirdly, in the case of other societies, from the members, past members, or the estates of deceased members:Provided that the liability of past members and the estates of deceased members shall in all cases be subject to the provisions of section 25.
