Hong Kong Regulations

CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES RULES - RULE 33

Duties of committee

(1) The committee shall represent the registered society before all competent
public authorities and in all dealings and transactions with third persons,
with power to institute or defend suits brought in the name of or against the
society, and in general it shall carry out such duties in the management of
the affairs of the registered society as have not been specially assigned by
the rules or the by-laws to general meetings or to any other officer of the
society.

(2) The committee shall always keep a copy of the latest annual balance sheet
of the registered society together with the report referred to in rule 23,
hung in a conspicuous place at the registered office of the society.