South Australian Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 1997 - SECT 180

180—Control of the right to vote

        (1)         A person must not directly or indirectly control the exercise of the right to vote of a member.

Maximum penalty: $6 000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.

        (2)         If a person controls the exercise of the right to vote of a member at a meeting of a co-operative—

            (a)         the vote of that member; and

            (b)         the vote of that person, if that person is a member,

are invalid.

        (3)         Nothing in this section prevents the exercise of a vote by means of a proxy or power of attorney.