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19. Section 74C of the Act provides for the conduct of elections of the committees and officers of the specified societies and term of the members of the committees. The said section provides that: the elections of members of the committees and the officers of the Committee of the societies of the categories mentioned therein shall be subject to Chapter Xl- A and shall be conducted in the manner laid down by and under that chapter. One of the specified societies is the District Central Co-operative Bank, and therefore, the provisions of the said section will be C/SCA/23321/2019 JUDGMENT applicable to the case at hand. The said Chapter contains Section 145A, which provides for application of all section of this chapter except the Section 145Z which shall apply to the elections to the committees of societies belonging to the categories specified in Section 74C. Section 145B provides definitions. Section 145B(b) defines "election" which means election of a member or members of the committee of a specified society. Clause (c) of Section 145B defines 'specified society" which means society belonging to any of the categories specified in Section 74C. Section 145C of the Act provides when election to be held and provides that every election shall be held as far as possible one month before the date on which the term of office of the members is due to expire. Section 145D of the Act provides for conduct of elections. Section 145F of the Act provides disqualification of membership. Section 145U of the Act provides for disputes relating to elections to be submitted to the Tribunal. When the impugned provisions are read with Sections 145B(b) and 145C of the Act, the elections will become due on the expiry of the term of office of the members, which is five years. Therefore, the period of five years is the outer limit and the same cannot be breached.