law: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 
  69. Inquiry by
  
  Central Registrar.- 
  1.     
  
    The
  
  Central Registrar may, of his own motion or on the application of a majority of
  
  the members of the board or of not less than one third of the members, hold an
  
  inquiry or direct some person authorised by him by order in writing in this
  
  behalf to hold an inquiry into the constitution, working and financial
  
  condition of a multi-State cooperative society.
  2.     
  
    The
  
  Central Registrar or the person authorised by him under sub-section (1) shall
  
  have the following powers, namely;
  a.      he shall at all
  
  reasonable times have free access to the books, accounts, documents,
  
  securities, cash and other properties belonging to or in the custody of the
  
  multi-State cooperative society and may summon any person in possession or responsible
  
  for the custody of any such book, accounts, documents, securities, cash or
  
  other properties to produce the same, at any place specified by him;
  b.     he may,
  
  notwithstanding any rules or bye-laws specifying the period of notice for a
  
  general meeting of the multi-State cooperative society, require the officers of
  
  the society to call a general meeting of the society by giving notice of not
  
  less than seven days at such time and place at the headquarters of the society
  
  to consider such matters, as may be directed by him; and where the officers of
  
  the society refuse or fail to call such a meeting he shall have power to call
  
  it himself;
  c.      he may summon any
  
  person who is reasonably believed by him to have any knowledge of the affairs
  
  of the multi-State cooperative society to appear before him at any place at the
  
  headquarters of the society or any branch thereof and may examine such person
  
  on oath.
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
  
  3.     
  
    Any
  
  meeting called under clause (b) of sub-section (2) shall have all the powers of
  
  a general meeting of the society called under the bye-laws of the society and
  
  its proceedings shall be regulated by such bye-laws.
  4.     
  
    The
  
  Central Registrar shall, within a period of three months of the date of
  
  receipt, communicate a brief summary of the report of the inquiry to the
  
  multi-State cooperative society, the financial institutions, if any, to which
  
  the society is affiliated, and to the person or authority, if any, at whose
  
  instance the inquiry is made.