(1) The Minister shall keep, in the prescribed form and manner, a register to be called and known as the Register of Charges by Agricultural Co-operative Societies and in this Act referred to as the register.

(2) The Minister shall cause to be registered in the register -

(a) all orders made by him under this Act which are required by this Act to be so registered, and

(b) all debentures issued by an agricultural co-operative society under this Act for the registration of which in the register application is duly made under this Act, and

(c) all charges on uncalled capital made under this Act by an agricultural co-operative society for the registration of which in the register application is duly made under this Act.

(3) The register shall be open to inspection by the public at the prescribed place during the prescribed times upon payment of such fee not exceeding one shilling as may, with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, be prescribed.