law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  13.
  
  Registration of societies
  1.      When the Registrar is
  
  satisfied that an application is made in accordance with this Act, he shall,
  
  within 3 months of the receipt of the application, register the society and its
  
  by-laws and issue that society with a certificate of registration in the
  
  prescribed form.
  2.      The name under which
  
  a society is registered under this Act-
  a.     
  
    shall
  
  be published in the Gazette ; and
  b.    
  
    shall
  
  be noted in the register to be known as the “Register of Societies” and which
  
  shall be kept at the office of the Registrar.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.      Where the Registrar
  
  refuses to register a society he shall give the applicant reasons in writing
  
  for the refusal.
  4.      The names of all
  
  societies that are contained under this Act shall be entered in the Register of
  
  Societies.