law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  12.
  
  Conditions for registration
  1.      No society may be
  
  registered, or having been registered, continue to be so registered under this
  
  Act-
  a.     
  
    unless
  
  its membership consists-
                       
  
   i.        
  
    in
  
  the case of financial co-operatives, not less than 50 members; and
                      
  
   ii.        
  
    in
  
  the case of any other co-operative not less than 10 members;
  a.    
  
     
  b.    
  
    unless
  
  it is considered to be economically viable by the Registrar and has provision
  
  for equity capital expansion and continuous business growth;
  c.     
  
    unless
  
  subject to subsection (2), its membership consists solely of members of a
  
  school, club, or cultural organization who are all under the age of 15 years;
  d.    
  
    unless
  
  there is conformity among membership, none of which is another society, with
  
  all the co-operative principles as set out in section 4;
  e.     
  
    unless
  
  the word “Co-operative” or “Credit Union” forms part of the name of each such
  
  society, and in the case of a society whose membership falls within the
  
  description contained in paragraph (c) the words “Junior Co-operative”
  
  forms part of the name of that society;
  f.     
  
    unless
  
  the word “limited” is the last word of the name of a society to be registered
  
  with limited liability;
  g.    
  
    if
  
  the name of the society is identical with that of another registered society or
  
  which so nearly resembles that name as to be likely to mislead the members of
  
  the public as to its identity;
  h.     
  
    unless
  
  it has and maintains an address to which all notices and communications may be
  
  sent;
  i.      
  
    unless
  
  its by-laws are in conformity with this Act;
  j.      
  
    unless,
  
  within a reasonable time after the issue of the certificate of registration,
  
  the society paints or affixes its registered name in letters that are easily
  
  legible in a conspicuous position on the outside of the building in which the
  
  society’s business is carried on, and in the case of a society registered under
  
  section 15, its registered name bears the words “Probationary Society”.
  1.     
  2.      Notwithstanding
  
  anything contained in paragraph (c) of subsection (1), the Registrar may
  
  register as a junior co-operative a society the substantial majority of whose
  
  members are under the age of 16 years.
  3.      In the determination
  
  of the viability of a society the Registrar shall have regard to the following-
  a.     
  
    the
  
  demand for the proposed services;
  b.    
  
    the
  
  capital base of the society; and
  c.     
  
    the
  
  membership size and potential of the society.