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Co-operatives (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012
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#### 84 Restrictions on bonus shares
84 Restrictions on bonus shares
> Bonus shares may be issued under section 83 subject to the following restrictions—
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> > (a) each issue must have been approved by a special resolution of the co-operative;
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> > (b) they are to be issued as fully paid-up shares with no payment required to be made by a member of the co-operative to whom they are issued;
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> > (c) they are to be issued only for shares of the same class of shares that are fully paid-up as at the date of issue of the bonus shares;
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> > (d) the total nominal value of bonus shares issued by a co-operative in any period of 12 months must not be more than 20%, or another percentage prescribed under the National Regulations, of the nominal value of the issued share capital of the co-operative immediately before the date of issue of the bonus shares.