Section 14: Application to be Submitted for Registration

1) The Cooperative Organizations formed under this Act shall, for the purpose of registration, submit application in the prescribed format to the authority authorised by the Registrar in case of the Organization referred to in Section 3, District Sectoral Cooperatives Association referred to in Section 4 or District Cooperatives Association referred to in Section 5; and to the Registrar in case of Provincial Sectoral Cooperatives Association referred to in Section 6, Provincial Cooperatives Association referred to in Section 7, Central Sectoral Cooperatives Association referred to in 8, Special Cooperatives Association referred to in Section 9, National Federation of Cooperatives referred to in Section 10 or Cooperative Bank referred to in Section 12.

2) The following documents shall have to be submitted along with the application referred to in sub-Section (1):-

a) Proposed Byelaws of a Cooperative Organization’

b) Report of the feasibility study of the operation of the Cooperative Organisation,

c) Details as to the number of shares undertaken to subscribe by the members and amount of shares,

d) Other details as prescribed.

3) While submitting an application for registration of a Cooperative Bank pursuant to sub-Section (1), prior approval of the Nepal Rastra Bank, in addition to the documents referred to in sub-Section (2), shall also be included.