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Cooperative Law No. 26 [1962].

Main Region

First Region

Saudi Arabia
Cooperatives
1962
National
Law, Act

Second Region

Under the Act, a cooperative is an organization in which persons, living in a defined area, voluntarily associate themselves within the principles of cooperatives, on a basis of equality, for the promotion of their economic and social interests. Conditions for registration include a membership of at least 20 founders members and the approval of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Provides for an executive body, elected by the general assembly, in charge of the day to day work of the society and its employees and representatives. Specifies that the Ministrer of Labour and Social Affair issues rules regulating the audit system for the society. The general assembly is the supreme authority of the society and sanctions all the matters related to the affairs of the society like- inter alia- the distribution of net surplus. Cooperative Societies are under supervision of the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. Other provisions cover the dissolution of cooperatives societies.

Monograph region

    Monograph title
    Ministry of Labour & Social Affairs
    Date
    1962-06-25
    Page range
    p. 8