Co-operative Societies (Application to Azad Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 1967 (Act III of 1967).

This Act aims to facilitate the formation and working of co-operative societies for the promotion of thrift, self-help and mutual aid among agriculturists and other persons with common economic needs so as to bring about better living and better methods of production and for that purpose to consolidate and amend the law relating to co-operative societies in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory and to apply the Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 (Act VII of 1925) as in force in West Pakistan, to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory. The Co-operative Societies Act, 1925 (Act VII of 1925) shall apply to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory as it applies to West Pakistan subject to the following modifications, namely: (1) for the words 'Provincial Government' wherever occurring the word "Government" shall be substituted; (2) for the expressions 'Province' and 'Province of West Pakistan' wherever occurring the expression 'Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory' shall be substituted;
Every society now existing which has been registered under the Cooperative Societies Act, 1912 or under any other law relating to co-operative societies in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, shall be deemed to be registered under this Act and its bye-laws shall, so far as the same are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Act, continue in force unless altered, amended or rescinded. The Rules made under the Cooperative Societies Act, 1925 (Act VII of 1925), as they are in force in the West Pakistan, shall, so far as applicable and with necessary adaptations, apply to the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory until altered, amended or repealed under the said Act as in force in the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Territory.