BARE ACTS, JUDGEMENTS, AND OTHER LEGAL TEXT

ARGENTINA

• Ley De Cooperativas, 1973 (Amended 2011)

ARMENIA

@Santosh Kumar Quite interestingly Australia used to have dfferent laws in each state but they were consildated nationally and then each state adopted the laws individually in the run up to 2020. So while it appears each state has their own laws they are actually the same law just passed in each state. Thus I have attached the national laws.

AUSTRALIA

• Queensland - National Co-operative National Law Bill, 2020

• Western Australia Co-operatives Amendment Regulations 2020

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AUSTRIA

Law of the Azerbaijan Republic About Agricultural Cooperation, 2019

AZERBAIJAN

Bahamas - Co-operative Societies Regulation 1997

BAHAMAS

Bahrain - Decree-Law No. 8 of 1972 about Cooperative Organizations

Bahrain - Cooperative Societies Law - Decree-Law No. 24 of 2000

BAHRAIN

BANGLADESH

• National Rural Development Policy 2001

• Cooperative Societies Act, 2013

• Cooperative Society Rules, 2020

Barbados - Co-operative Societies Act. No. 23 (Cap. 378A)., 1990

BARBADOS

@Kira Liljegren 

Belarus - 2002 On Consumer Co-Operation (consumer societies, their unions) in the Republic of Belarus ENGLISH & RUSSIAN versions

Belarus - Law of the Republic of Belarus About Consumer Cooperation 2002

BELARUS

@Santosh Kumar 

BELGIUM

The Code of Companies and Associations, 2019 (French)

@Santosh Kumar This law linked below is actually for Barbados not Belize

Belize - CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 2000 (Revised edition)

BELIZE

@Santosh Kumar 

BENIN

Bhutan.- The Cooperative (Amendment) Act of Bhutan, 2009

Bhutan - The Co-Operative Act of Bhutan, 2001

BHUTAN

BOLIVIA

@Santosh Kumar 

Bosnia and Herzegovina - Law on General Cooperatives, 2003

BOSNIA and HERZEGOVINA

@Santosh Kumar 

Botswana - Co-Operative Societies Act (Chapter 42:04), 2008

BOTSWANA

BRAZIL

• National - LEI No 5.764, DE 16 DE DEZEMBRO DE 1971(in Portuguese)

• Province of Mato Grasso Du Sul - LEI No 2.830, DE 12 DE MAIO DE 2004 (in Portuguese)

• National Law No. 5764 of 16 December 1971 (in English)

Brunei - Laws of Brunei Chapter 84 Co-Operative Societies Revised Edition 1984

BRUNEI

@Santosh Kumar 

Bulgaria - Cooperatives Act, 1999

BULGARIA

@Santosh Kumar 

Burkina Faso - Law No. 14-99 regulating cooperative societies and groups in Burkina Faso, 1999 (French)

BURKINA FASO

Burundi - Decree-Law No. 1/3 concerning the general status of cooperation in Burundi and Decree No. 100/20 concerning the general status of cooperatives in Burundi., 1981 (French)

BURUNDI

@Santosh Kumar 

CÔTE d'IVOIRE - Acts of Government 1966 (FRENCH)

CÔTE d'IVOIRE

Cabo Verde - Decree-Law of December 8 (PORTUGUESE)

CABO VERDE

@Santosh Kumar 

Cambodia - Law on Agricultural Cooperative, 2013

CAMBODIA

@Santosh Kumar 

CAMEROON

CANADA

• British Columbia Cooperative Association Act, 1999

• Canada Cooperatives Act, 1998

• Ontario Cooperative Corporations Act, 1990

• Newfoundland and Labrador Act, 1998

@Santosh Kumar 

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

@Santosh Kumar 

CHAD

CHILE

https://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/docs/ELECTRONIC/76948/108004/F-639114734/CHN76948%20Eng.pdf

China - Law of the People's Republic of China on Sino-Foreign Cooperative Enterprises 2021

China - Law of the People's Republic of China on Specialized Farmers Cooperatives Order of the President of the People’s Republic of China No.57 2007

CHINA

COLOMBIA

@Santosh Kumar 

COMOROS

@Santosh Kumar 

CONGO (CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE)

COSTA RICA

@Santosh Kumar

CROATIA

CUBA

@Santosh Kumar 

Cyprus - Cooperative Societies Law, 1959

CYPRUS

@Santosh Kumar 

CZECHIA

• The Commercial Companies and Cooperatives (Business Corporations Act) 2012

@Santosh Kumar 

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

DENMARK

CD8.7 Cooperatives; Legal Guide 2020-21 (in Danish)

Law 71125/06/2014 on Social Economy Enterprise (in English)

@Santosh Kumar 

Djibouti - 2013 Act No. 16/An/13/7 Establishing The General Status Of Cooperatives In The Republic Of Djibouti

DJIBOUTI

Dominica - Co-operative Societies Act 2011, Act (No. 2 of 2011)

DOMINICA

Dominican Republic - REGLAMENTO PARA LA APLICACION DE LA LEY No. 127 DEL 27 DE ENERO DE 1964 (Spanish)

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

ECUADOR

• Ley de cooperativas, Ley No. 1.031, 1966 [Amended 2004] [Law]

• Reglamento Generale De La Ley De Cooperativas. No. 6.842, 1966 [Regulation for the law]

@Santosh Kumar 

Egypt - Cooperative Legal Framework Analysis Highlights

EGYPT

EL SALVADOR

@Santosh Kumar 

EQUITORIAL GUINEA

ERITREA

ESTONIA

Commercial Associations Act, 2001

@Santosh Kumar 

ESWATINI

@Santosh Kumar 

Ethiopia - Proclamation no. 985 Cooperative Societies, 2016 (Amharic)

ETHIOPIA

@Santosh Kumar  the other legislation is on this website but it can only be viewed in sections https://laws.gov.fj/Acts/DisplayAct/2715?utm_source=chatgpt.com#

FIJI

• INCOME TAX ACT 2015 – CO-OPERATIVES This Standard Interpretation Guideline (“SIG”) sets out Fiji Revenue and Customs Service’s (“FRCS”) policy and operational practice in relation to the tax implication on Co-operatives It is issued with the authority of the Chief Executive Officer (“CEO”) of FRCS. All legislative references in this SIG are to the Income Tax Act 2015, Income Tax (Exempt Income) Regulations 2016, Co-operatives Act 1996, unless otherwise stated. This SIG is in effect from 31 July 2020 and may need to be reviewed in the event of any relevant legislative amendments.

• INCOME TAX ACT , 2015

@Santosh Kumar 

@Santosh Kumar  current 2013 Cooperative Law https://www.finlex.fi/eli?uri=http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2013/421/ajantasa/2025-06-27/fin

Current Credit Union law currently https://www.finlex.fi/eli?uri=http://data.finlex.fi/eli/sd/2013/423/ajantasa/2023-03-23/fin

FINLAND

Law No. 47-1775 of September 10, 1947 on the status of cooperation

FRANCE

@Santosh Kumar 

GABON

GAMBIA

Georgia - Law of Georgia on Agricultural Cooperatives, 2013

GEORGIA

GERMANY

• Law to Mitigate the Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic in Civil, Insolvency and Criminal Procedure Law

• Law on measures in corporate, cooperative, association, foundation and residential property law passed to combat the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

• Statutes of PolyPoly SCE

@Santosh Kumar 

Ghana - Cooperative Societies Act, 1968

GHANA

GREECE

• Coopilot - National Report Greece co funded by DG Internal Market, Industry: Entrepreneurship and SMEs of the European Commission

Grenada - CHAPTER 66A CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 2011

GRENADA

GUATEMALA

@Santosh Kumar 

GUINEA

@Santosh Kumar 

GUINEA-BISSAU

GUYANA (COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF)

• Constitution of the Co-operative Republic

HAITI

HOLY SEE

HONDURAS

HUNGARY

Iceland - Law on European Cooperative Societies No. 92/2006, 2006

ICELAND

INDIA

• Judgements

• Bom HC | Are Co-operative societies now a part of ‘constitutional scheme’ by Constitution (Ninety-seventh Amendment) Act, 2011? HC elucidates in a Cooperative Society dispute

• Rambujarat Ramraj Chaurasia v. State of Maharashtra, decided on 02-09-2020

• Delhi High Court granted an injunction against fraudulent websites misusing the mark ‘Amul’ as part of their domain name August 2020.

• Jodiya Kheralu Dudh Utpatak v. State of Gujarat 2020: Whether this case involves a sustantial question of law as to the interpretation of theConstitution of India?

• Sri Sri Kalakuteers Apartment ... vs The State Of Telangana And 3 Others on 10 August, 2020 [ISCI discussed - state cannot force members to register under cooperative Act]

• Divyesh Harishkumar Doshi vs Central Registrar Dinesh Kumar on 20 August, 2018 [ISCI - violation of cooperative principles]

• A.P.Dairy Dev.Corp.Federation vs B.Narasimha Reddy & Ors on 2 September, 2011 [ISCI - cooperative law is based on voluntary action of its members]

• Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation Ltd. v. AMUL Franchise India and Others [IPR]

• B. Narasimha Reddy v. State of Andhra Pradesh. 2007 (6) ALT 681[constitutional law, values and principles mentioned]

• Legislation and legal text

  • Section 77 of MSCS Act, 2002 enables compliance of Cooperative Principles

  • National Co-operative Development Corporation Act, 1962

INDONESIA

Iran - Act on the Cooperative Sector of the Islamic Republic of Iran, 1991

IRAN

IRAQ

@Santosh Kumar

IRELAND

• Full text of the Amendment of Credit Union Act , 1997

Israel - Companies Law Article 345, 1999

ISRAEL

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ITALY

JAMAICA

• The Cooperative Societies Act, 1976

JAPAN

• Small and Medium Enterprise Co-operative Act, 1949

• Japan Law on Associated Work, 2020

• Act on Promotion of Specified Non-profit Activities, 1998

@Santosh Kumar 

JORDAN

• https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=1295 

• https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=1297 

KAZAKHSTAN

@Santosh Kumar 

Kenya - Cooperative Societies Act, 2012

KENYA

• Micro and Small Enterprises Act, 2012

@Santosh Kumar https://mtcic.gov.ki/legislation/

Kiribati - Co-operative Societies, 1977

KIRIBATI

@Santosh Kumar  This is a bit of a unique case the webstie with the consolidated text can not be printed other wise i the amendnts are broken into 9 pdfs I am linking the site here https://mesferlaw.com/%D9%82%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%88%D9%86-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%85%D8%B9%D9%8A%D8%A7%D8%AA-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B9%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%A9-%D8%B1%D9%82%D9%85-118-%D9%84%D8%B3%D9%86%D8%A9-2013%D9%85/?utm_source=chatgpt.com I have attached the orginal mainlaw I was able to get from a different site. I do not want to spam this list. When making the app you can pull all 9 pdfs from here.

KUWAIT

Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Cooperation, 1999, 2004

Law of the Kyrgyz Republic on Cooperation, 2004

KYRGYZSTAN

Laos - Laos Civil Code Chapter 4B, 2019

LAOS

@Santosh Kumar

Latvia - Co-operative Societies Law, 2018

LATVIA

LEBANON

• Law on Cooperative Societies, 1909 (Amended 1938)

@Santosh Kumar 

Lesotho - Cooperative Societies Act, 2000

LESOTHO

LIBERIA

LIBYA

@Santosh Kumar The law is here but it is 1000 pages so I can not download it https://www.gesetze.li/konso/1926.004

Liechtenstein - Company Law, 1999

LIECHTENSTEIN

Lithuania - Law on Cooperative Societies, 2017

LITHUANIA

Luxembourg - Legislative and regulatory texts relating to Luxembourg development cooperation (FRENCH)

LUXEMBOURG

@Santosh Kumar 

Madagascar - Implementing Law No. 99-004 of April 21, 1999 Relating to Cooperatives (ENGLISH & FRENCH)

Madagascar - 2015 Interministerial Order Laying down the conditions applicable to road transport cooperatives for passengers and goods (ENGLISH & FRENCH)

MADAGASCAR

@Santosh Kumar 

@Santosh Kumarhttps://malawilii.org/akn/mw/act/2011/8/eng@2014-12-31

Malawi - Cooperative Societies Act, 2014

MALAWI

Malaysia - Co-Operative Societies Act of 1993 (Amended 2006)

MALAYSIA

Maldives - CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT ACT NUMBER: 2/2007, 2007

MALDIVES

@Santosh Kumar 

(French)

Mali - Statut general de la Cooperation en Republique du Mali, 1963

MALI

@Santosh Kumar 

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Malta - CHAPTER 442 CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES ACT, 2001

MALTA

@Santosh Kumar 

MARSHALL ISLANDS

MAURITANIA

@Santosh Kumar 

MAURITIUS

• Legislations on Cooperatives

• Annual revenue of Society Regulations, 2017

• Cooperative Societies Act, 2016

• Cooperatives Amendment Act, 2006

• Cooperative Societies Act, 2005

Mexico - Cooperative Law Summary

MEXICO

@Kira Liljegren nationaliszed cooperative regime or notable local one

Micronesia - The Constitution of the Federated States of Micronesia

MICRONESIA

@Santosh Kumar 

@Santosh Kumar 

Moldova - No. 1007-XV About production cooperatives, 2002

Moldova - No. 73-XV About entrepreneurial cooperatives, 2001

MOLDOVA

@William Morton Monoco still has no laws on cooperatives

A through search of Monaco's official legislative database turned up no results in October 2023

MONACO

Mongolia - Civil Code of Mongolia, Article 36.4, 2002

MONGOLIA

Montenegro - Law on Cooperatives, 2015 (English)

Montenegro - Law on Cooperatives, 2015 (French)

MONTENEGRO

@Santosh Kumar 

MOROCCO

New General Law of Cooperatives No. 23, 2009

Ley núm. 9/79 por la que se dictan disposiciones sobre constitución, clases y forma de las organizaciones cooperativas en la República Popular de Mozambique, 1979

Basic Legislation (Articles 89, 91, 92, 97, 99, 114)

MOZAMBIQUE

Myanmar - The Co-operative Society Law, 1992

MYANMAR

@Santosh Kumar 

Namibia - Co-operatives Act 23 of 1996, 1996

NAMIBIA

@Santosh Kumar 

NAURU

Cooperatives Act, 2048(1992)

NEPAL

@Santosh Kumar 

@Santosh Kumar 

hj

Law of corporation tax 1969

Dutch Civil Code

Title 2.3 Cooperatives and Mutual Insurance Societies

NETHERLANDS

@Santosh Kumar 

NEW ZEALAND

• Meaning of Cooperative in the Rural Intermediate Credit Amendment Act, 1946

• Full text of RICA, 1946

NICARAGUA

@Santosh Kumar 

NIGER

@Santosh Kumar 

Nigerian Co-Operative Societies Act, 1993

NIGERIA

NORTH KOREA

@Santosh Kumar 

Order for Enactment of the Law on Cooperatives

NORTH MACEDONIA

The Housing Cooperatives Act

NORWAY

Act on Cooperatives, 2007

OMAN

PAKISTAN

• Text of the amendment Act, 2020

@Santosh Kumar 

PALAU

PALESTINE

• Decree - Law No. (20) of 2017 on Cooperative Associations [Draft was prepared in consultation with the ILO; Law establishes the 'Cooperative Work Agency']

Constitution of the Republic of Panama, Article 288, 1972

PANAMA

@Santosh Kumar 

Papua New Guinea - Co-operative Societies Act, 1982

Papua New Guniea - Co-Operative Societies Regulation, 2003

PAPUA NEW GUNIEA

PARAGUAY

Digital Archive of Minor Cooperative Laws

PERU

@Santosh Kumar Philippines Cooperative Code 2008

PHILIPPINES

• Constitution of 1987 [ cooperatives mentioned at 7 places]

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Cooperative Law Act, 1982

POLAND

PORTUGAL

1. Decree-law 6-C/2021Extends the extraordinary support for the gradual resumption of activity in companies in a situation of business crisis with a temporary reduction of the normal working period (PNT), under the Economic and Social Stabilisation Programme and creates new simplified support for micro-enterprises in business crisis, with a view to maintaining jobs.

2. DECREE LAW No. 54/2017, of 2017-06-02

   WORK, SOLIDARITY AND SOCIAL SECURITY

   This decree-law creates the ‘On-the-Spot Cooperative’ initiative, which simplifies the procedure for setting up cooperatives.

3. DECREE LAW NO. 143/2017

   This decree-law is intended to:

   • ensure better cooperation between the State and organisations in the social and solidarity sector

   • give organisations more time to complete the process for permanently handing over ISS's integrated establishments to private non-profit organisations that provide social services.

4. Decree Law No. 66/2017 

   This decree-law defines rules for the recognition of forest management entities.

   Forest management entities aim to manage, in a professional and sustainable way, forest areas belonging to several owners to enhance their profitability through joint management. They may be agricultural cooperatives, private limited-liability companies or public limited-liability companies.

Cooperative Law of Qatar, 1975

Law No. 5 on Cooperative Societies, 2000

QATAR

The given text is an excerpt from an order (Order No. 203 dated February 28, 2019) that establishes the criteria according to which cooperative members benefit from exemptions provided in Article 76 paragraph (1) letter e) of the Agricultural Cooperation Law No. 566/2004. The order specifies criteria for granting exemptions from property tax for buildings and land used for agricultural activities by cooperative members, including conditions related to the percentage of marketed production and the types of agricultural structures and land eligible for the exemption.

This law is an amendment to previous agriculture cooperative law and supports the rights of individual households in the countryside to join cooperatives. The law regulates the establishment, organization, and functioning of agricultural cooperatives and promotes cooperation among farmers and rural development.

This decree defines the structure of the cooperative and its principles. The law also includes provisions regarding the activities, capital, membership, formation, and registration of cooperative societies, among other aspects

ROMANIA

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RUSSIA

• Civil Code of the Russian Federation (Part 1)

@Santosh Kumar 

Law Governing Cooperatives in Rwanda, 2021

Law Determining the Establishment, Organization, and Functioning of Cooperative Organizations in Rwanda, 2007

RWANDA

Cooperative Societies Act, 2011, revised 2017

SAINT KITTS and NEVIS

Cooperative Societies Act, 2003

Cooperatives Societies Regulations, 1999

SAINT LUCIA

Cooperative Societies Act, 2012

SAINT VINCET and the GERNADINES

@Santosh Kumar 

Co-operative Societies Ordinance, 1952

SAMOA

@Santosh Kumar 

SAN MARINO

SAO TOME and PRINCIPE

@Santosh Kumar 

Cooperative Law No. 26, 1962

Implementing Regulations of the Cooperative Health Insurance Law, 2019

Royal Decree No. M/10 and Council of Minister’s Resolution No. 71, 1999

Cooperative Insurance Companies Control Law, 2003

SAUDI ARABIA

@Santosh Kumar 

Statut général des coopératives (loi 83-07), 1983

SENEGAL

@Santosh Kumar 

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Law on Cooperatives, 2015

SERBIA

Cooperatives Act 1987

SEYCHELLES

National Cooperative Credit Union Association Sierra Leone

Cooperative Societies Act, 1977

SIERRA LEONE

An Act to make better provision for the registration and regulation of co-operative societies, and for matters connected therewith.

SINGAPORE

SLOVAKIA

@Santosh Kumar 

The Cooperatives Act, 1992

The Social Entrepreneurship Act, 2011

SLOVENIA

@Lily Kubala 

Laws of Soloman Islands Chapter 164: Cooperative Societies, revised 1996

SOLOMON ISLANDS

Law No. 40 On Cooperative Development in the Somali Democratic Republic, 1973

SOMALIA

@Santosh Kumar 

SOUTH AFRICA

• Text of the Amendment Act 2019

FRAMEWORK ACT ON COOPERATIVES- Act No. 11211, Jan. 26, 2012

SOUTH KOREA

@Santosh Kumar 

The Cooperative Societies Act, 2003

The Cooperative Societies Act, 2011

SOUTH SUDAN

@Santosh Kumar 

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Law 27/1999 Of 16 July, Cooperatives.

SPAIN

SRI LANKA

• Cooperative Societies Act, Chapter 142

SUDAN

SURINAME

@Santosh Kumar 

Act (No. 93) Respecting Cooperative Housing Rental, 2002

Swedish Code for the Governance of Cooperative and Mutual Enterprises, 2019

SWEDEN

@Santosh Kumar 

@Santosh Kumar 

Federal Act Amending the Swiss Civil Code 829-926, Swiss Code of Obligation

SWITZERLAND

@Santosh Kumar The law under Taylor is for Canada not Syria

Syria - Cooperative Credit Associations Act, 1991

Law 37/2019 (Housing Law) - Can't find PDF

SYRIA

@Santosh Kumar 

https://cis-legislation.com/document.fwx?rgn=61828

TAJIKISTAN

@Santosh Kumar 

The Cooperative Societies Act, 2013

TANZANIA

The Thailand Revenue Code (tax law)

The Cooperatives Act B.E. 2542, 1994

THAILAND

Decree-Law [on Cooperatives], 2004

TIMOR-LESTE

@Santosh Kumar 

https://biblio.ohada.org/pmb/opac_css/doc_num.php?explnum_id=487

TOGO