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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

(b.) If the partial amendment consists of the rescission of
any of the rules, without any substitution, two copies
of the resolution for such rescission, signed by three
members and the secretary.

6. An application to register a complete amendment of
   the rules of a society must be in Form No. 9 annexed hereto
   and be sent to the Registrar, accompanied by a statutory
   declaration in Form No. 6 annexed hereto. In the case of
   a branch the application is to be in Form No. 10, with de-
   claration in Form No. 8. The application must be accom-
   panied by a copy of the existing rules, and by two copies
   of the new rules, each copy signed by three members and the
   secretary.

The Registrar may refuse to register a partial amendment
of rules and require a complete amendment if in his opinion
the condition of the registered rules renders it expedient,
and may also require fair printed copies of rules or amend-
ments of rules for registry.

DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF SOCIETIES AND BRANCHES.

Registered Office.

Sec. 34.

7. Every notice of a change in the situation of the regis-
   tered office shall be sent to the Registrar within fourteen
   days after every such change, in the case of a society in Form
   No. 11, or for a branch in Form No. 12, annexed hereto.
   Notice of the situation of the registered office of a society on
   first registry shall be deemed to be given in the Form No. 1
   or No. 2, “Application for Registry.” The place of business of
   a society enrolled or certified before the 1st January, 1910, as
   stated in the rules thereof, or in any notice of change duly
   sent to the Registrar, shall be deemed to be the registered
   office of the society until notice of change, duly sent as herein
   provided, is received by the Registrar.

Sec. 36–37.

8. The annual returns of a society with branches shall
   include all branches of the society registered under the Act.
   The valuation of a society with branches shall include all
   funds under the control of the central body of such society.
   A registered branch shall, in respect of the valuation of
   any fund or funds administered by itself, or by a committee
   of officers appointed by itself, be subject to the same obliga-
   tions, and such branch, its officers or committee, shall be
   liable to the same penalties, as if it were a registered society.

PROPERTY AND FUNDS OF SOCIETIES AND BRANCHES.

Trustees.

Sec. 43.

9. A copy of every resolution appointing trustees shall be
   sent to the Registrar within fourteen days after the date of
   the meeting whereat any such resolution was passed, in Form
   No. 13 or No. 14, as the case may be, and the acknowledg-
   ment of same shall be in Form No. 15.

Transfer of Funds or Money.

Sec. 47.

10. Every application to the Registrar to direct a transfer
    of funds, debentures, stocks, securities, or moneys shall
    follow as near as may be the Form No. 16, or, in the case
    of a defunct branch, in Form No. 17, and shall be accom-
    panied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 18, or as
    near thereto as the facts admit, and by the certificate (if
    any) of the funds, debentures, or stocks, or by the securities
    in respect of which the application is made.

11. Before making the application the society shall submit
    to the Registrar for examination a draft copy, on foolscap
    paper, written on one side only, of the proposed application
    and declaration.

12. The Registrar, before directing the transfer, may re-
    quire such further proof of any statement in the application
    as may seem to him to be necessary.

13. The Registrar shall give his direction in Form No. 19
    annexed hereto, so framed in each case as to suit the parti-
    cular circumstances.

Payments on Death.

Sec. 56.

14. Every exemption granted by the Registrar in terms
    of section 56 shall be in the Form No. 20.

Nominations.

Sec. 57.

15. Every registered society (except as in the Act is pro-
    vided) shall keep a record or register of all nominations made
    by the members, and of all revocations and variations of
    the same.

Change of Name and Amalgamation of Societies.

Sec. 60.

16. A special resolution shall be registered by writing at
    the foot or end of each copy of the same the word “Regis-
    tered,” and affixing to the same the seal or stamp of the
    Registrar.

Sec. 61.

17. Every application for approval of change of name
    must be made, in duplicate, in Form No. 21, and must be sent
    to the Registrar, accompanied by a statutory declaration in
    Form No. 22. If approved of, the word “Approved” shall
    be written at the foot or end of each such copy, and the same
    shall be signed by the Registrar.

Sec. 62.

18. Every application to register a special resolution for
    the amalgamation of societies must be made by each of the
    societies, in duplicate, in Form No. 23, and must be sent to
    the Registrar, accompanied by statutory declarations from
    officers of each society in Form No. 22. No acknowledgment
    of registry shall be given to either society until special resolu-
    tions in the like terms have been submitted for registry by
    the other or others.

19. Every application to register a special resolution for
    the transfer of the engagements of a society to another must
    be, in duplicate, in Form No. 24 annexed hereto, and must
    be sent to the Registrar, accompanied by statutory declara-
    tions in Forms No. 22 and No. 25.

Applications for dispensing with Consents to Amalgama-
tion, &c.

Sec. 63 (1).

20. Notice of an application that any of the consents and
    conditions prescribed for an amalgamation or transfer of
    engagements may be dispensed with shall be advertised in
    the Gazette at least one month before application is made to
    the Registrar in that behalf. Such notice shall be in Form
    No. 26.

21. The application that any of such consents and conditions
    may be dispensed with shall be in Form No. 27, and shall be
    sent to the Registrar, in duplicate, with a copy of the Gazette
    in which advertisement of the same is published.

22. If, after hearing the trustees or committee of manage-
    ment and other persons whom he considers entitled to be
    heard, and to whom such notice shall be sent as the Registrar
    directs, the Registrar thinks fit to entertain the application,
    he shall transmit a copy of the same to the Minister for his
    consent thereto.

23. Where any such consents or conditions as aforesaid are
    dispensed with, Forms Nos. 23, 24, and 25, as the case may
    be, may be modified by authority to the Registrar to suit the
    circumstances of the case.

24. In registering a special resolution for amalgamation or
    transfer of engagements, where any prescribed consents or
    conditions have been dispensed with, the words “and con-
    firmed by the Registrar” shall be added after the word
    “Registered.”

25. If, on an application for dispensing with any prescribed
    consents or conditions to an amalgamation or transfer of
    engagements, more than one hearing or adjournment become
    necessary, the same fee shall be payable in respect of the
    same as in the case of a dispute.

Dissolution.

Sec. 65.

26. The instrument of dissolution of a society shall be in
    Form No. 28, and of a branch in Form No. 29, and shall be
    signed in duplicate and accompanied by a statutory declara-
    tion in Form No. 30, and by a statement naming some news-
    paper circulating in the city, town, or place in which the
    registered office of the society is situated wherein it is desired
    that notice of the dissolution shall be published, and by the
    sum requisite to defray the expenses of such publication,
    and by the further sum requisite for the like publication in
    the Gazette.

27. The Registrar shall return one of the duplicates to the
    society with an acknowledgment of registry in Form No. 31.

28. Alterations in the instrument of dissolution shall be
    signed, declared to, and registered in like manner.

29. The advertisement of dissolution by instrument shall
    be in Form No. 32.

30. The award of the Registrar for distribution of funds
    shall be in Form No. 33 hereto annexed.

Sec. 67.

31. Every application for dissolution by award of the
    Registrar shall be in Form No. 34, and shall name some
    newspaper circulating in the city, town, or place in which