Extracts from Act.

4. Any society consisting of any number of teachers, not being less than ten, who reside in any one education district, and are associated for any lawful purpose connected with their profession (not being for purposes of gain), may be registered under this Act on compliance with the following provisions:— page 12

(1).	An application for registration, stating the name of the proposed society, and signed by two or more officers thereof, shall be made to the Inspector General of Schools (hereinafter called "the Registrar").
(2).	Such application shall be accompanied by— (a.) A list of the members and officers of the society; (b.) A copy of a resolution passed by a majority of the members present at a meeting of the society specially called for that purpose only, and desiring registration under this Act: (c.) An address (to be called the "registered office") at which the business of the society is conducted.

5. On being satisfied that the provisions of section four hereof have been complied with, and on payment of a fee of one pound, the Registrar shall register the Society in a book to be kept for the purpose, and thereupon the society shall become a body corporate by the name mentioned in such application, with the addition of the word "registered," which shall be, its corporate style and title.

6. The Registrar shall issue to such society a certificate of incorporation in the prescribed form, and such certificate shall be evidence that the society named therein is duly incorporated under this Act.

7. The members of a society incorporated under this Act, and their successors, in general meeting assembled, may make rules for the government of the society, and alter and annul any such rules, and, in particular, may by such rules provide, inter alia, for

(1.)	The qualifications and subscription for membership;
(2.)	The method of election of new members;
(3.)	The number and designation and the powers of the officers;page 13
(4.)	The control, investment, and disposition of the funds and property of the society;
(5.)	The method of enforcing observance of the rules by members of the society;
(6.)	The control and use of the common seal.

8. Prima facie evidence of the rules shall be afforded by the production of what purports to be a copy thereof, if sealed with what purports to be the seal of the corporation, and signed by the President or Chairman thereof.

9. Every society when incorporated shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and, in its corporate style and title, may hold and dispose of real and personal property, and may sue and be sued may may recover any moneys due to the corporation by any person whether a member thereof or not.

10. Any member who resigns, or in any other way ceases to be a member of the corporation, shall, unless the rules of the society otherwise provide, thereupon cease to have any right or interest in its property and concerns, but shall not thereby be freed from any then existing liability to the corporation whether for subscriptions or otherwise.

12. It shall not be lawful for any society to be registered under this Act without the previous consent of the Minister, nor for any society to be registered under a name so similar to that of any registered society as, in the opinion of the Registrar, to lead to confusion.