Section 65 of Sacco Societies Act CAP 490B: Miscellaneous offences

Any officer of a Sacco society who wilfully—
(a) with intent to deceive, falsifies any books of account, report, statement, record or other document of the society;
(b) signs, issues, publishes or transmits to a government official any book of account, report, statement, record or other document which that person knows, or has reason to believe, to be false;
(c) with intent to deceive, knowingly obtains a forged signature on a document;
(d) with intent to deceive, destroys any book of account, report, statement, record, or other document of the society; and
(e) engages in transaction or takes part in a deliberation in which there is a conflict of interest prohibited under this Act, commits an offence and shall on conviction, in addition to the penalty imposed by this Act, be liable to be prohibited from holding office in any Sacco society

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Section 66 - General penalty.

(1) Where any Sacco society or other person contravenes any of the provisions of this Act or regulations made under this Act— (a) if it is a body corporate, it shall be guilty of an offence and...

Section 67 - Application of the Co-operative Societies Act, 1997

(1) For greater certainty, the provisions of the Co-operative Societies Act (Cap. 490) shall apply to a Sacco society carrying out deposit-taking business under this Act with respect to any matter, to...

Section 68 - Regulations

(1) The Cabinet Secretary shall, in consultation with the Authority, make regulations generally for the better carrying out of the provisions of this Act. (2) Despite the generality of subsection...

Section 69 - Transitional provisions

A Sacco society which at the commencement of this Act, is carrying out deposit-taking business to which this Act applies shall, within twelve months from the date of commencement, or such shorter...

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