Any ten or more persons of a village or two or more contiguous villages holding between them, either as land-owners or tenants, rights in and possession over fifty acres or more in such village or contiguous villages and desiring to start a Co-operative Farm comprising the land so held and possessed by them may apply in writing in the prescribed form to the1[Registrar of Co-operative Societies in Karnataka] (hereinafter referred to as the Registrar) for the registration thereof.
Explanation.--More than one Co-operative Farm may be registered in any village under this Chapter.
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1. Adapted by the Karnataka Adaptations of Laws Order, 1973 w.e.f. 1.11.1973.