Section 31REPUBLIC ACT NO. 6038, AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES., Sec./Art. 31

Effect of Consolidation or Merger.

(a) In the case of consolidation, the existence of the consolidating cooperative shall cease and the articles of consolidation shall be deemed to be the articles or incorporation of the new cooperative; and in the case of merger, the separate existence of the merging cooperatives shall cease and the articles of incorporation of the surviving cooperative shall be deemed to be amended to the extent, if any, that changes therein are provided for in the articles of merger;

(b) All rights, privileges, immunities and franchises and all property, real and personal, including without limitation applications for membership, all debts due on whatever account and all other choses in action of each of the consolidating or merging cooperatives shall be deemed to be transferred to and vested in the new or surviving cooperative without further act or deed;

(c) The new or surviving cooperative shall be responsible and liable for all liabilities and obligations of each of the consolidating or merging cooperatives, and any claim existing or action or proceeding pending by or against any of the consolidation or merger had not taken place, but the new or surviving cooperatives shall be substituted in its place; and

(d) Neither the rights of creditors nor any liens upon the property of any such cooperatives shall be impaired by such consolidation or merger.