law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  11.
  
  Effect of by-laws
  The
  
  by- a society when registered bind the society and its members to the same
  
  extent as if they—
  a.      had been signed and
  
  sealed by the society and by every member; and
  b.     contained covenants
  
  on the part of each member and the legal representative of each member to
  
  observe the by-laws.