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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 45

Membership of minors

Membership of minors.

(9.) A person under the age of twenty-one but above the age of sixteen may be a member of a society or registered branch, unless provision be made in the rules thereof to the contrary, and may, subject to the rules of the society enjoy all the rights of a member (except as herein provided), and execute all instruments and give all acquittances necessary to be executed or given under the rules, but shall not be a trustee, manager, or treasurer of the society or registered branch.

Provided as follows:—
(a.)Societies and branches, consisting wholly of members of any age under sixteen years, but exceeding three years, may be allowed to register under this Act, subject to such regulations as may be made in that behalf:
(b.)No rule or practice in force at the commencement of this Act for the admission of members under sixteen years of age shall be deemed contrary to any express provision of this Act as respects any society already registered.