law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  70.
  
  Tenure of directors
  1.      Subject to subsection
  
  (2) the directors of a society shall be elected for a term of 3 years, but no
  
  person may serve as a director of a society for more than 2 consecutive terms
  
  or an aggregate of 6 years.
  2.      After the
  
  commencement of this Act, the Boards of all societies shall resign at their
  
  next annual meeting and new Boards shall be elected to serve as follows—
  a.     
  
    at
  
  least one-third of the directors to serve for one year;
  b.    
  
    at
  
  least one-third of the directors to serve for 2 years;
  c.     
  
    the
  
  remainder of the directors to serve for 3 years, thereafter, such elected
  
  director shall serve for a term of 3 years.