Section 26(1)(a) in Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Rules, 1988
(a)Subject to the provisions of sub-rule (2), persons who are minors or of unsound mind may be admitted as members in the following societies, namely:-(i)agricultural producers marketing societies;(ii)consumer societies;(iii)credit societies other than financing banks and employees credit societies;(iv)dairy societies;(v)farming societies;(vi)fisheries societies;(vii)industrial societies;(viii)irrigation societies;(ix)oil-seeds growers societies;(x)processing societies; and(xi)weavers societies.