44. Credit limits by non-credit societies
(1) No society whose objects do not include grant of loan or financial accommodation to its members shall grant loans or sanction credit to any member without the sanction of the Registrar:
Provided that any society which has, as one of its objects, supply of goods or services required by members for production purposes, may supply goods or provide services on credit against sufficient security on condition that the cost of the goods supplied or services provided shall be recoverable from the amount of the sale proceeds of the agricultural produce or other goods produced by the member.
(2) A consumer society may sell goods on credit to its members and other customers up to the extent of deposits received from them.