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Bye-law, means an Ordinance affecting the public or some portion of the public imposed by some authority clothed with statutory powers, ordering something to be done or not to be alone and accompanied by some sanction or penalty for its non-observance, Kruse v. Johnson, (1898) 2 QB 91; DPP v. Hutchinson, (1990) 2 All ER 836. Means a rule or administrative provision adopted by an association or corporation for its internal governance. Co-operate bye-laws are usually enacted apart from the articles of incorporation, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 193.

Means a rule adopted by an organization chiefly for the government of its members and the management of its affairs; a local Ordinance, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 62.