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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 45

Special provisions as to friendly societies

Special provisions as to friendly societies.

(7.) As respects friendly societies,—
(a.)The value of members shall be ascertained by giving one vote to every member, and an additional vote for every five years that he has been a member, but to no one member more than five votes in the whole:
(b.)No instrument of dissolution shall direct or contain any provision for a division or appropriation of the funds of the society, or any part thereof, otherwise than for the purpose of carrying into effect the objects of the society as declared in the rules thereof for the time being, unless the claim of every member or person claiming any relief, annuity, or other benefit from page 36 the funds thereof be first duly satisfied, or adequate provision be made for satisfying such claim:
(c.)Any officer or person aiding or abetting in the dissolution of a society, otherwise than as in this Act provided, shall, on summary conviction, be liable to be committed to the common gaol, there to be kept to hard labour for any term not exceeding three months
(d.)If any member of a dissolved society, or person claiming any relief, annuity, or other benefit from the funds thereof, be dissatisfied with the provision made for satisfying his claim, such member or other person may apply to the Resident Magistrate's Court of the district within which the chief or any other place of business of the society is situate, for relief or other order, and such Court shall have the same powers in the matter as in regard to the settlement of disputes under this Act.