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the registered office of the society is situated wherein it is desired that notice of the award shall be published, and with it shall be sent the sum requisite to defray the expenses of such publication, and the further sum requisite for the like publication in the Gazette.

32. The notice of investigation shall be in Form No. 36, and the award in Form No. 35.

33. The dissolution by award shall be in Form No. 36.

34. The notice of dissolution by award shall be in Form No. 37.

35. Notice shall be sent to the Registrar of any proceeding to set aside the dissolution of a society or branch, not less than seven days before it is commenced, by the person taking such proceeding, in the Form No. 38.

• Cancelling and Suspension of Registry.

Sec. 70.

36. Every request to cancel registry shall be sent to the Registrar in Form No. 39, and shall name some newspaper circulating in the city, town, or place in which the registered office of the society is situated wherein it is desired that the cancellation of registry shall be published, and shall be accompanied by the sum requisite to defray the expenses of such publication, and by such further sum as may be required for publication of such cancellation in the Gazette.

37. Where application is made to cancel registry under the compulsory powers of the Registrar, the Registrar may require such application to be made in duplicate, in such form and to be supported by such statutory declaration as he may direct, and shall transmit one copy of such application to the Minister for his approval.

38. Notice before cancelling or suspension of registry shall be in Form No. 40.

39. The cancelling of registry shall be in Form No. 41.

40. The suspension of registry shall be in Form No. 42.

41. The advertisement of cancelling or suspension shall be in Form No. 43.

• Conversion of Registered Societies into Branches.

Sec. 71.

42. Every application to register a society as a branch shall be made in the Form No. 44, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 45, made and signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the resolution for conversion was passed, and by the secretary of the society.

43. The notice of cancellation of the registry of the society, and of its registration as a branch, shall be in Form No. 46.

• Disputes.

Sec. 72.

44. The reference of a dispute to the Registrar shall be written on foolscap paper, in duplicate, in Form No. 47.

45. The Registrar, upon receipt of the reference, shall transmit one copy of it to the Minister for his consent.

46. Every notice of hearing by the Registrar, and every requisition for the attendance of parties and witnesses, and the production of books and documents, shall be in Form No. 48.

47. Where it is necessary to enforce the attendance of a particular witness, or the production of a particular document, notice shall be in Form No. 49.

48. If an order for discovery is necessary, it shall be in Form No. 50.

49. The determination and order of the Registrar shall be in Form No. 51, or as near thereto as the circumstances of the case may in his judgment require.

• Inspectors and Special Meetings.

Sec. 73 (1-6).

50. An application for appointment of inspectors or for calling a special meeting shall be sent to the Registrar, written on foolscap paper, in duplicate, in Form No. 52, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration, in Form No. 53, by three at least of the applicants.

51. The Registrar may, immediately upon receipt of the application, transmit one copy to the Minister for his consent, or may, before such transmission, give notice of the application to the society, and send to the Minister any answer the society may make.

52. The appointment of inspectors on application shall be in Form No. 54, or as near thereto as circumstances may allow.

53. The notice of special meeting shall be in Form No. 55 annexed hereto.

54. The chairman of the special meeting shall report to the Registrar as he may direct.

• Juvenile Societies.

Sec. 91 (4).

55. Societies and branches consisting wholly of members under twenty-one years of age may be registered, provided they are—

(a.) In connection with some institution or school, and managed by the managers or teachers thereof, or by a committee appointed wholly or partly by such managers or teachers ;

(b.) In connection with some society registered under the Act, or a branch of any such society, and managed by the committee or officers of such society or branch, or by persons appointed wholly or partly by them, and in the case of a branch of a juvenile society established at any place where there is no adult branch of the society, with the juvenile society.

56. The rules of every such society or branch shall contain provisions for the following matters in addition to those required in the case of societies by Schedule II of the Act and Form No. 1 to these regulations, and in the case of branches by Schedule III of the Act and Form No. 3 of the regulations :—

(1.) Whether or not parents and guardians of members shall be entitled to be present and vote at meetings of the society, and to perform acts of membership on behalf of their children :

(2.) The giving of security by the treasurer :

(3.) The investment of the funds in a savings-bank, or in Government or real securities, but not otherwise :

(4.) The acceptance of a member into a registered society or branch, or the payment to him of a share of the accumulated funds, if any, on his attaining the age of sixteen years.

The forms annexed to regulations may be modified by authority of the Registrar to suit their application to juvenile societies or branches.

• Offences, Penalties, and Legal Proceedings.

Sec. 92.

57. Where a society or branch appoints officers to sue and be sued other than its trustees, notice of every such appointment shall be given in the same manner as provided for trustees, with the necessary modifications to suit the facts.

• Fees.

Sec. 103.

58. The following fees shall be payable for matters to be transacted, and the inspection of documents, under this Act :—

For the acknowledgment of registry of a specially authorised society .. .. .. £ s. d.
1 0 0

For the acknowledgment of registry of every amendment of the rules of the same .. .. 0 10 0

For the registry of a special resolution by any society (to include, in the case of a change of name, the approval of the same) .. .. .. 0 10 0

For a direction to transfer funds or money .. 1 0 0

For every appointment of inspectors, or calling of a special meeting by the Registrar .. .. 1 0 0

For the determination of the Registrar on a dispute, or for his award for dissolution or distribution of funds .. .. .. 1 0 0

And if more than one hearing or adjournment become necessary, then £1 more for every hearing after the first, and for every adjournment.

For any order of the Registrar dispensing with consents and conditions for amalgamation or transfer of engagements .. .. .. 1 0 0

For every document (except as after mentioned) required to be signed by the Registrar, or to bear the seal of the Registry Office, not chargeable with any other fee to the Registrar .. 0 2 6

For every inspection on the same day of documents (whether one or more) in the custody of the Registrar relating to one and the same society 0 1 0

For every copy or extract of any document in the custody of the Registrar, not exceeding 216 words, 1s. ; and if exceeding that number, 4d. per folio of 72 words (in addition to the fee, if any, for the signature of the Registrar, or seal of the Registry Office).

No fee is payable for the registry or recording of—

The cancelling or suspension of registry of a society :

Any notice of change of office, or of the appointment of trustees :

Any notice of the establishment of a branch, or the rules of the same, or any amendment thereof :

Any instrument of dissolution, or any amendment therein :