246. Every person is guilty of an offence who(1) falsely holds out, by the title he assumes or otherwise, that he is a cooperative, a federation or a confederation;
(2) furnishes the Minister with false or inaccurate information;
(3) hinders or attempts to hinder in any manner any person who performs an act which this Act obliges or authorizes him to do;
(4) makes an unlawful apportionment of sums belonging to a cooperative;
(5) contravenes the second paragraph of sections 16 and 20, sections 25, 33, 48, 124, 125, 127, 129, 131, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140, 141, 146, 149, 216, 221, 223 and 244.