Attached pls find Maharashtra Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Ordinance, 2019, wherein the definition of Associate member is given as:
(18) “Member” means a person joining in an application for the
registration of a housing society which is subsequently registered, or a
person duly admitted to Membership of a society after its registration and
includes associate or joint or provisional Member ;
(a) “Associate Member” means husband, wife, father, mother,
brother, sister, son, daughter, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, nephew,
niece a person duly admitted to Membership of a housing society
on written recommendation of a Member to exercise his rights and
duties with his written prior consent and whose name does not
stand in the share certificate ;(b) “Joint Member” means a person joining in an application
for the registration of a housing society jointly, which is subsequently
registered or a person who is duly admitted to Membership after its
registration and who holds share, right, title and interest in the flat
jointly but whose name does not stand first in the share certificate ;
(c) “provisional Member” means a person who is duly admitted
as a Member of a society temporarily after death of a Member on
the basis of nomination till the admission of legal heir or heirs as
the Member of the society in place of deceased Member ;
(19) “Officer” means a person elected or appointed by a society