Federation of co-operatives.
Section 25
SEC. 25. Federation of co-operatives.— A federation of co-operatives may be registered under this Act for any or all for the following purpose: To carry on any co-operative enterprise authorized under section nine; To carry on, encourage and assist education and advisory work relating to co-operation; To render service designed to insure efficiency and uniformity in the conduct of the business of its member co-operatives and to standardized their bookkeeping, accounting and other procedures; To print, publish and circulate any newspaper or other publication in the interest of co-operative enterprises, principles and practices; To co-ordinate and facilitate the activities of its member co –operatives and do all other things incidental and conducive to the attainment of its object; and To discharge other duties prescribed by the regulations. A federation of co-operatives may be registered by carrying out the formalities provided under this Chapter for registration of a co-operative. No federation of co-operatives shall be registered without the previous approval of the Secretary of Commerce and Industry. The Secretary of Commerce and Industry, upon recommendation of the Administrator, shall have the power to issue regulations regarding the organization, registration, administration, operation and supervision of federations of co-operatives, and in particular on the duties of federations pf co-operatives; the procedure and conditions for the affiliation of co-operative, the condition under which natural persons may become members of federation of co-operatives, the representation of members and the composition of its board of directors and committees; and the manner of holding general assemblies, voting and other matters as may be prescribed. Co-operatives registered under this Act within a province may unite to register as a provincial federation of co-operatives according to the type of business carried on. There shall not be more than one federation of co-operatives of a type within a province. A provincial federation of co-operatives may, with the approval of the Administrator and the central federation of co-operatives of which it is a member, extend its operation to neighboring provinces until such time as its operation can be taken over by a similar federation of co-operatives registered in each one of the province. Large cities shall, with the approval of Administrator, be treated as a province in so far as the registration of provincial federations of co-operatives are concerned. Each type of provincial federations of co-operatives may unite to register only one central federation of co-operatives at the national level, to which shall be affiliated all federations of co-operatives and co-operatives having common economic, social and administrative objectives. There shall be registered only one national co-operative union at the national level to which all types of cooperatives, provincial and central federations of co-operatives, shall affiliate. The co-operative union shall have the following duties: To represent all the co-operatives in the Philippines at home and abroad; To acquire, analyze and disseminate economic, statistical and other information regarding co-operatives; To conduct studies in the economic, legal, financial, social and other phases of co-operation, and publish the results thereof; To promote the knowledge of co-operative principles and practices; To develop the co-operative movement in the Philippines within the framework of the economic plan of the Government; To supervise federations of co-operatives; and To advise the appropriate authorities on all questions relating to co-operatives.