s 5 Conditions for registration
(1) Subject to section 8, no co-operative society shall be registered as a primary co-operative society unless— (a) it consists of at least fifty individual persons; and (b) each of such individual persons is qualified for membership under section 26 and is not disqualified for membership under section 27. (2) No co-operative society shall be registered as a secondary cooperative society unless it consists of at least two primary co-operative societies. (3) No co-operative society shall be registered as a tertiary cooperative society unless it consists of at least two secondary cooperative societies.