law: Co-Operative Societies Act, 1912
  47. Prohibition of the use of the word
  
  "co-operative"
  (1) No person other than a registered society
  
  shall trade or carry on business under any name or title of which the word
  
  "co-operative" is part without the sanction of the 4[State
  
  Government] :
  Provided that nothing in this section shall apply
  
  to the use by any person or his successor in interest of any name or title
  
  under which he traded or carried on business at the date on which this Act
  
  comes into operation.
  (2) Whoever contravenes the provisions of this
  
  section shall be punishable with fine which may extend to fifty rupees, and in
  
  the case of a continuing offence with further fine of five rupees for each day
  
  on which the offence is continued after conviction therefor.