law: Co-Operative Societies Act, 1912
  8. Application for registration
  (1) For purposes of registration an
  
  application to register shall be made to the Registrar.
  (2) The application shall be signed-
  (a) in the case of a
  
  society of which no member is a registered society, by at least ten persons
  
  qualified in accordance with the requirements of section 6, sub-section (1);
  
  and
  (b) in the case of a
  
  society of which a member is a registered society, by a duly authorized person
  
  on behalf of every such registered society, and where all the members of the
  
  society are not registered societies, by ten other members or, when there are
  
  less than ten other members, by all of them.
  (3) The application shall be accompanied by a
  
  copy of the proposed by-laws of the society, and the persons by whom or on
  
  whose behalf such application is made shall furnish such information in regard
  
  to the society as the Registrar may require.