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Co-operative Societies Act 1979 s 100C

s 100C Fraud by officers against creditors of societies

100C.—(1) Every person who, while an officer of a society —(a) has by deceitful or fraudulent or dishonest means or by means of any other fraud induced any person to give credit to the society; (b) with intent to defraud creditors of the society, has made or caused to be made any gift or transfer of or charge on, or has caused or connived at the execution of any enforcement order against, the property of the society; or[Act 25 of 2021 wef 01/04/2022] (c) with intent to defraud creditors of the society, has concealed or removed any part of the property of the society since or within 2 months before the date of any unsatisfied judgment or order for payment of money obtained against the society, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $15,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both. (2) If, in the course of the winding up of a society or in any proceedings against a society, it appears that an officer of the society who was knowingly a party to the contracting of a debt had, at the time the debt was contracted, no reasonable or probable ground of expectation, after taking into consideration the other liabilities (if any) of the society at the time, of the society being able to pay the debt, the officer shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or to both.

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