law: Multi-State Cooperative Societies Act, 1984 
  Chapter III: Members
  
  of Multi-State Cooperative Societies and Their Rights and Liabilities 
  19. Persons who may
  
  become members.- 
  
  1.     
  
    No
  
  person shall be admitted as member of a multi-State cooperative society except
  
  the following, namely :-
  a.      an individual competent
  
  to contract under section 11 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872;
  b.     any multi-State
  
  cooperative society or any cooperativesociety;
  c.      the Central
  
  Government;
  d.     a State Government;
  e.      the National
  
  Cooperative Development Corporation established under the National Cooperative
  
  Development Corporation Act,1962;
  f.      any other corporation
  
  owned or controlled by Government;
  g.     any Government
  
  company as defined in section 617 of the Companies Act, 1956;
  h.      such class or classes
  
  of persons or association of persons as may be permitted by the Central
  
  Registrar having regard to the nature and activities of a multi-State
  
  cooperative society;
  1.     
  
  
  2.     
  
    Such
  
  number of individuals possessing such qualifications as may be prescribed may
  
  be admitted as members of the National Cooperative Union of India Limited, New
  
  Delhi.
  3.     
  
    Save
  
  as otherwise provided in sub-section (2) and notwithstanding anything contained
  
  in sub-section (1) no individual shall be eligible for admission as a member of
  
  a national cooperative society.
  4.     
  
    Any
  
  person eligible for membership of a multi-State cooperative society may, on his
  
  application, be admitted as a member by such society.
  5.     
  
    Every
  
  application for admission as a member of a multi-State cooperative society
  
  shall be disposed of by such society within a period of four months from the
  
  date of receipt of the application, and the decision of such society on the
  
  application shall be communicated to the applicant within fifteen days from the
  
  date of such decision:
  Provided that  if the application
  
  is not disposed of within the period aforesaid, or the decision is not
  
  communicated within a period of fifteen days of the expiry of the aforesaid
  
  period of four months, the multi-state cooperative society shall be deemed to
  
  have made a decision, on the date of expiry of such period, refusing admission
  
  to the applicant.
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    Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in this section, the Central Government may, having regard
  
  to the fact that the interest of any person or class of persons conflicts or is
  
  likely to conflict with the objects of any multi-State cooperative society or
  
  class of multi-State cooperative societies, by general or special order
  
  published in the Official Gazette, declare that any person or class of persons
  
  engaged in or carrying on any profession, business or employment shall be
  
  disqualified from being admitted, or for continuing, as members or shall be
  
  eligible for membership only to a limited extent of any specified multi-State
  
  cooperative society or class of multi-State cooperative societies, so long as
  
  such person or persons is or are engaged in or carrying on that profession,
  
  business or employment, as the case may be.