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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 25

Any document or copy of document supplied to a public department:
Any document in respect of which a fee is already chargeable under or by virtue of the Act or of any other statute.

The Registrar may also dispense with the fee for inspection of documents in cases where he may consider it for the public interest to do so.

Fees on certain Investigations.

59. Where application is made for an investigation into the affairs of a society, with a view to the dissolution thereof, upon the ground that the rates of contribution fixed in the rules of such society are insufficient to cover the benefits assured, the Registrar may, if he thinks fit, at any time before making his award, require the payment of such fee as he may deem reasonable, and such fee shall be paid on application.

Seal of Registry Office.

Sec. 103.

60. The seal of the Registry Office shall bear the Royal Arms, with the words “Registrar of Friendly Societies” around or above, and the words “New Zealand” below.

61. The seal of the Registry Office when affixed to any rules shall be deemed a sufficient signature thereof by the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

Modification of Forms.

62. The forms annexed to regulations may be modified to suit any limited application of the provisions of the Act, or to suit any particular branches when necessary, or classes of societies or branches, or particular cases, by authority of the Registrar.

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SCHEDULE.

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Form No. 1.—Reg. 1.

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NEW ZEALAND.

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“Friendly Societies Act, 1909.”

APPLICATION TO REGISTER A SOCIETY.

Name of society:

To the Registrar of Friendly Societies.

APPLICATION to register a society under the above-mentioned Act, under the name of , is made by the eight persons whose names are subscribed at the foot hereof.

1. The society is a friendly society [or benevolent society, or working-men’s club, or specially authorised society, as the case may be].

• The society is one having branches.

2. The name of the society is provided for in Rule No. [State number].

3. The whole of the objects for which the society is to be established, the purposes for which the funds thereof shall be applicable.

4. The terms of admission of members, the conditions under which any member may become entitled to any benefit assured, the fines and forfeitures to be imposed on any member, and the consequences of non-payment of any subscription or fine are provided for in Rules Nos. [State numbers].

5. The mode of holding meetings, right of voting, of giving notice (when required) of the business to be transacted at any meeting, and the manner of making, altering, or rescinding rules, are provided for in Rules Nos. [State numbers].

6. The appointment and removal of a committee of management, by the name of , of a treasurer, secretary, and other officers, and of trustees, and their number, are provided for in Rules Nos. [State numbers].

7. The sending of the Registrar notice of every appointment of a new trustee within fourteen days, and also notice of any change of the registered office of the society, are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

8. † The composition and powers of the central body, and the conditions under which a branch may secede from the society, are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

9. The investment of the funds, the keeping of the accounts, and the audit of the same once a year at least are provided for in Rules Nos. [State numbers].

10. Annual returns to the Registrar of the income and expenditure, funds, and effects, and number of members of the society are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

11. The inspection of the books of the society by every person having an interest in the funds of the society (except as in the said Act is mentioned) is provided for in Rule No. [State number].

12. The furnishing for inspection of, or supplying gratuitously, any member or person interested, on demand, a copy of the last annual return or other authorised document, and the keeping of a copy of the last annual balance-sheet, with a copy of the auditor’s report (if any), and of the last actuarial valuation always hung up at the registered office, are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

13. The manner in which disputes between the society and any of its members, or any person claiming through a member or under the rules, shall be settled is provided for in Rule No. [State number].

14. † Provision is made for meeting all claims upon the society existing at the time of division, before any such division takes place, in Rule No. [State number].

15. § The keeping separate accounts of all moneys received or paid on account of every particular fund or benefit assured for which a separate table of contributions payable shall have been adopted, and the keeping separate account of the expenses of management [|| and of medical and surgical attendance, including medicine and medical and surgical requisites], and of all contributions on account thereof, are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

16. Annual returns to the Registrar of the sickness and mortality of the society are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

17. A valuation once at least in every five years of the assets and liabilities of the society, including the estimated risks and contributions, is provided for in Rule No. [State number].

18. ¶ Provision for the voluntary dissolution of the society by consent of not less than five-sixths in value of the members, and of every person for the time being entitled to any benefit from the funds of the society, unless his claim be first satisfied or adequately provided for, is made in Rule No. [State number].

19. The right of one-fifth of the total number of members [** or of 100 members if the society have 500 and not exceeding 10,000, or of 500 members if the society have more than 10,000] to apply to the Registrar for an investigation of the affairs of the society, or for winding up the same, is provided for in Rule No. [State number].

20. †† It being intended to assure to the members or some of them a certain annuity, the tables of contributions for such assurance are certified by , Esquire, an actuary qualified to give such certificate.

21. If the society pays money on death, the right of a member to nominate and the production of certificates of death are provided for in Rule No. [State number].

With this application are sent—

(a.) Two printed [or written] copies of the rules [†† together with the tables of contributions for annuities, certified as aforesaid], signed by each of the applicants:

(b.) A list of the names in full of the secretary, and of every trustee or other officer authorised to sue and be sued on behalf of the society:

(c.) §§ A statement showing the address and place of the registered office of the society in terms of section 12 of the above-mentioned Act:

(d.) A copy [or copies] of the branch rules which are [or are not] intended to be identical.

(Signed) 1 Member.
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8 Secretary.

Registered office:
Date: day of , 19 .

[If the society intends to avail itself of section 50 (1) as to the holding of land, or section 55 as to loans to members, rules for those purposes must be made, and it should be stated in what rules this has been done.]

• If this is not the case, a line should be drawn through this statement.
  † If the society is not one with branches, a line should be drawn through this statement.
  ‡ If the society does not divide its funds, a line should be drawn through this statement.
  § If the society is not a friendly society, a line should be drawn through this and the remaining numbered statements, or, if it is a specially authorised society, through any which are not rendered applicable by the authority for registering the same.
  || If the society does not grant a medical-attendance benefit, the words in brackets should be omitted.
  ¶ If the society is not a friendly society, the words “three-fourths” to be substituted for the words “five-sixths in value.”
  ** If the number of members is limited to be less than 500 or less than 10,000 members, the bracketed words relating to both or either of such cases should be struck out.
  †† If this is not intended, a line should be drawn through this statement.
  ‡‡ If the society does not grant annuities, these words should be struck out.
  §§ A line should be drawn through (c) and (d) if the society is not one having branches.