law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  49.
  
  Effective date of law
  1.      No by-law has any
  
  force or effect until 3 copies of the by-law, certified to be true copies by
  
  the president and secretary of the society, are filed with the Registrar and
  
  approved by him.
  2.      Subject to subsection
  
  (3), where a proposed by-law is certified pursuant to subsection (1) and
  
  receives the members’ approval required in section 48(1), the by-law has
  
  immediate force and effect.
  3.      A by-law described in
  
  subsection (2) ceases to have any force or effect on the expiration of 60 days
  
  after the date of the general meeting in which it is approved by the members,
  
  unless, within that 60 day period, the by-law is filed with the Registrar
  
  pursuant to subsection (1).
  4.      Where the Registrar
  
  approves a by-law, he shall return to the society one copy of the by-law with
  
  his approval stamped on the by-law.