JULY 7.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 2205

Accounts.

37. Separate accounts of all amounts received in respect of contributions from members and of claims paid for allowances shall be kept by societies in the Form No. 5 in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

38. The society shall transmit particulars of such accounts to the Superintendent as required.

39. All books, accounts, statements, and other documents used by a society in respect of its business under the said Act must be produced for audit purposes at such time and places as the Board may prescribe.

General.

40. In the case of any branch of an approved society being found guilty of maladministration of any of the benefits under the said Act, or being convicted of any offence under any Act, the Board may suspend such branch from the right of administering those benefits, and either undertake the administration thereof or request the society to do so.

41. Except in so far as is inconsistent with the said Act and these regulations, any business transacted by any society thereunder so far as it relates to societies shall be treated as part of its ordinary business, and the provisions of the Friendly Societies Act, 1909, shall apply thereto.

42. In provisionally approving a society under the said Act the Board may require the executive or managing committee of an applying society or district society to adopt provisional rules, which shall be confirmed at the first annual or general meeting of the society or district society held thereafter. The rules of a society approved or provisionally approved for the purposes of the said Act shall be made to apply to the branches of that society.

43. The trustees of any approved friendly society may, in the Form No. 6 in the Fourth Schedule hereto, authorize the Superintendent to pay into the society’s bank account any moneys payable to that society out of the Fund.

44. (1) On attaining the age of sixty years the member shall make application for a pension in the Form No. 7 in the Fourth Schedule hereto, and the society shall certify that he is at that date a financial benefit member of the order. The Superintendent shall then debit the society in the accounts of the Fund with the amount due under section 49 of the said Act.

(2) At the end of each calendar month the society or branch shall pay the member the amount of pension due for that month, and take a receipt therefor in the Form No. 8 in the Fourth Schedule hereto, which shall then be transmitted to the Superintendent, who shall credit the society accordingly in the accounts of the Fund.

(3) The member shall from time to time, as required by the Superintendent, furnish a life certificate in the Form No. 9 in the Fourth Schedule hereto.

PART V.—REVOCATION OF REGULATIONS.

45. The regulations hereby revoked are specified in the Fifth Schedule hereto.

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SCHEDULES.

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FIRST SCHEDULE.

Form No. 1.

NATIONAL PROVIDENT FUND.

Revenue Account for the Year ended 31st December, 19 .

Amount of fund at beginning of year .. .. £
Contributions .. £
Interest .. £
Fines .. £
Benefits refunded by deduction .. £
Government contribution .. £
Other income [to be specified].. .. £
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£
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Maternity claims (section 19) .. £
Refund of contributions on lapse, reduction, and withdrawal (sections 11, 12, 13, and 14) .. £
Incapacity allowances (sections 17 and 18), including contributions waived on incapacity (£ ) .. .. .. .. .. £
Death : Refund of contributions (sections 15 and 16) .. .. .. .. £
Death : Allowances on account of widows and children (section 5) .. .. £
Other outgo [to be specified] .. .. £
Amount of fund at end of year .. £
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£
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Balance-sheet as at 31st December, 19 .

Fund as per Revenue Account .. £
*Claims due and in course of payment .. £
Other liabilities [to be specified] .. £
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£
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Invested with Public Trustee .. £
Contributions outstanding or in course of transmission .. .. .. £
Interest due .. £
Interest accrued but not due .. £
Government subsidy accrued .. £
Other assets [to be specified] .. .. £
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£
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• Included in Revenue Account.