law: Co-Operative Societies Act 2008 
  20.
  
  Suspension and cancellation of registration
  1.      Subject to the
  
  provisions of this Act, the Registrar may by order in writing suspend the
  
  registration of a society if he is satisfied that-
  a.     
  
    the
  
  society is in breach of any condition of registration;
  b.    
  
    the
  
  society is in breach of any requirement of section 3 or 12 of this Act;
  c.     
  
    the
  
  society or any officer thereof has failed or refused to comply with any
  
  obligation imposed by, or any requirement of this Act, the Regulations or
  
  by-laws;
  d.    
  
    he
  
  does not receive any return notice or other document or fee required by this
  
  Act or the Regulations to be sent to him.
  2.      The Registrar may by
  
  order in writing cancel the registration of any registered society if-
  a.     
  
    at
  
  any time it is proved that the number of members has been reduced to less than
  
  the amount required for the registration of the society; or
  b.    
  
    it
  
  is proved that the registration has been obtained by fraud or mistake; but a
  
  cancellation under paragraph (a) shall not apply to a society which
  
  includes among its members one or more registered societies.
  1.     
  2.     
  3.      An order under
  
  subsection (1) or (2) shall take effect from the date of the order.
  4.      No suspension or
  
  cancellation may be made by the Registrar until he has given the society a
  
  chance to be heard.
  5.      Where after a period
  
  of suspension a society has not rectified the circumstances leading to its
  
  suspension, the Registrar may cancel the registration of that society.
  6.      Where the
  
  registration of a society is cancelled by order under this section or any other
  
  section the society shall, except for the purpose of winding up, cease to exist
  
  as a body corporate from the date on which the order takes effect.