Prohibition of the use of the word “Co-operative”

(1) No person other than a registered society shall trade or carry on business under any name or title of which the word “Co-operative” is part without the sanction of the Minister, but nothing in this section shall apply to the use by any person or his successor in interest of any name or title under which he traded or carried on business at the commencement of this Act. (2) Any person who contravenes this section commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further fine not exceeding ten dollars for each day during which the offence continues. Penalty for non- compliance with Act.