Charge and set-off in respect of shares of interest of members in the capital of a co-operative society

<span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>A co-operative society shall have a charge on the share or interest in the capital and on the deposits of a member, a past-member or a deceased member and on any dividend, bonus or profits, payable to a member or a past-member, or the heirs or legal representatives of a deceased member in respect of any debt or outstanding demand owing to the co-operative society and may notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any other law for the time being in force, set off any sums so credited or payable to such member or his heirs or legal representatives towards payment of any such debt or outstanding demand ;<br> <span style="margin-left:15px;"></span><span style="margin-left:15px;"></span>Provided that no financing bank to which a co-operative society is affiliated shall gave a charge upon any sum invested in the financing bank as reserve fund by the society if the bank&apos;s share in the total amount of loans taken by the society is less than 75 percent or be entitled to set-off any such sum credited or payable to the society towards any debt due from such society.<br><br>