This Act, consisting of 51 sections divided into four Parts and completed by three Schedules, reforms the law relating to co-operative companies and, in particular aims to: a) reaffirm the value of the co-operative company as a means of facilitating its shareholders carrying on business on a mutual basis; b) provide for the registration of co-operative companies and regulate the relationship between co-operative companies and their shareholders; c) provide for the registration of existing co-ope