FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1894
Table of Provisions
- 1 Short title and commencement
- 2 Repeal
- 3 Application of Act to existing societies, etc
- 4 Interpretation
- 5 The Registrar
- 6 Function of Registrar
- 7 Objections for which societies may be registered under this Act
- 7A Friendly societies’ dispensaries not precluded from trading
- 8 Power to specially authorise societies
- 8A Validation of registration of certain societies
- 9 Registry of societies
- 10 Cancelling and suspension of registry
- 11 Rules
- 12 Duties of societies
- 13 Powers exercisable by the Registrar in the event of the assets of a society or branch appearing insufficient to meets its liabilities
- 14 Privileges of Societies
- 14A Powers of society
- 14B Expenditure authorised for certain purposes
- 14C Scheme for adjustment upon withdrawal by members
- 15 Property and funds of Societies
- 16 Power to dispose of land held by way of investment
- 17 Power of trustees to transfer or take transfers of mortgages
- 18 Power to provide for accumulation and withdrawal of surplus contributions
- 19 Officers in charge of money
- 20 Powers of Registrar for the investigation of the affairs of a society or branch
- 21 Legal proceedings
- 22 Decision of disputes in the manner provided by the rules
- 23 Special powers of Registrar on application of members
- 24 Special resolutions
- 25 Dissolution of societies
- 26 Societies with branches
- 27 Power to registered societies to convert themselves into branches of other societies
- 28 Penalties
- 29 Power to societies to impose penalties on their officers and members
- 30 Evidence
- 31 Printed copies of rules in use in a society to be evidence
- 32 Certificates of the appointment and retirement of trustees to be evidence
- 33 Registrar’s certificate evidence of trustees
- 34 Evidence of registration
- 35 Persons in the military forces, etc., of the Commonwealth not to lose benefits
- 36 Limitation of benefits
- 37 Payments on death of children
- 38 Power to societies to contribute to the funds or take part in the management of other societies without becoming branches thereof
- 39 Forms of acknowledgement of registry of branches
- 40 Descriptions of offences
- 41 Appeal to general sessions
- 42 Public auditors
- 43 Where lands granted for benefit of societies for purposes of recreation a board of management to be formed
- 44 Board to elect three trustees to hold lands
- 45 Board may raise money on mortgage for improvements
- 46 Legal Proceedings
- 47 Governor may make regulations
- 48 Misdemeanours, how punishable
- 49 Reference to 27 Vic., No. 6 to be to this Act
- 50 Saving liability of Her Majesty’s Government
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2nd Schedule
3rd Schedule
4th Schedule
