A.D. 1893.

number of the Royal Court of the said
island, composed of the bailiff and two
jurats of the said court;

(b) The term "court of summary jurisdic-
tion" shall have in civil cases the same
meaning as the term "County Court;"
(c) All misdemeanors under this Act shall
be prosecuted, tried, and punished in the
form and manner prescribed by the law
and custom of the said island with respect
to crimes and offences (crimes et délits);
(d) All other offences and all penalties under
this Act shall be prosecuted and recovered
summarily before the magistrate of the
court for the repression of minor offences,
in all cases of his competency, at the suit
or instance of the bailiff of the parish in
which the offence or other unlawful act
shall have been committed, and in all
other cases before the bailiff and two jurats
of the Royal Court, at the suit or instance
of Her Majesty's Procurator-General for
the said island;

(e) All penalties recovered under this Act
shall be paid to the officers who by the
law and practice of the said island are
entitled to receive fines levied by order of
the said courts respectively, and shall by
such officers be accounted for and paid to
Her Majesty's Receiver-General in the said
island on behalf of the Crown;

(f) The powers conferred under this Act on two justices shall be exercised by the inferior number of the Royal Court of the said island;

(g) All proceedings under this Act in any of the courts of the said island shall be regulated according to the ordinary practice of such courts respectively, and all penalties shall in default of payment be enforced in the same manner as fines. payable to the Crown in the said island;

(h) The rules prescribed by the law of the
said island with respect to appeals in civil
and criminal cases shall be followed as to
appeals from any orders, judgments, or
convictions made in cases of summary
jurisdiction under this Act;

(i) The term "the Companies Acts" shall
mean the law for the time being in force
in the said island for the regulation and
winding-up of companies.

(2.) As respects the bailiwick of the island of
Guernsey :-

(a) The Court of Primary Instance within
the bailiwick shall have all such powers
and authorities as are by this Act con-
ferred either on justices of the peace or
on judges of County Courts in England:
Provided that a sentence may be appealed
from it if the case admits of an appeal,
under the Orders in Council now in force
within the bailiwick, but that the decision
of the Royal Court when sitting in a body
as a court of appeal shall be final;

(b) When any sum of money becomes pay-
able on the death of a member, such
mone、 shall, in default of any direction
or nomination such as is contemplated by
this Act, be paid to the deceased member's
legal representative, according to the law
of Guernsey;

(c) All Industrial and Provident Societies
within the bailiwick shall be authorised
to invest any part of their funds in the
States bonds either of Guernsey or
Alderney;

(d) The term "the Companies Acts" shall
mean the law for the time being in force
in the said bailiwick for the regulation
and winding-up of companies;

A.D. 1898.

A.D. 1893.

Payment to representatives

of deceased

members in the

(e) All offences and penalties under this Act shall be prosecuted and recovered summarily before the court of primary jurisdiction at the suit or instance of the law officers of the Crown, or of a constable of a parish;

(f) All penalties recovered under this Act shall be paid to the Receiver-General, to be by him carried to the account of the Crown revenue.

78. In the Channel Islands, when any sum of money becomes payable on the death of a person Channel Islands entitled to make a nomination under this Act, such sum shall, in default of any nomination, be paid to the deceased member's legal representative according to the law of the island in which such deceased member was domiciled.

Definitions.

79. In this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the following terms shall have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them :

"The Registrar" shall mean, for England, the
central office established by the Friendly
Societies Act, 1875, and, for Scotland or
Ireland, the Assistant Registrar of Friendly
Societies for either country respectively
"the central office" shall mean the central
office so established; and "Chief Registrar"
and "Assistant Registrar shall mean Chief
Registrar and Assistant Registrar of Friendly
Societies respectively;

"Land

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shall include hereditaments and chattels real, and in Scotland heritable subjects, of whatever description;

Property" shall include all real and personal estate (including books and papers);

Registered society" shall mean a society registered or deemed to be registered under this Act;

"Amendment of rule" shall include a

new

rule, and a resolution rescinding a rule;
"Rules" shall mean the registered rules for the
time being, and shall include any registered.
amendment of rules;

"The committee" shall mean the committee of
management or other directing body of a
society;

"Persons claiming through a member"

shall

include the heirs, executors, or administrators,
and assigns of a member, and also his
nominees where nomination is allowed;
"Officer shall extend to any treasurer,
secretary, member of the committee, manager,
or servant, other than a servant appointed by
the committee, of a society;

"Meeting" shall include (where the rules of a
society so allow) a meeting of delegates
appointed by members;

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Office" shall mean the registered office for the
time being of a society;

County Court" shall mean, for Scotland, the
sheriff court of the county, and, for Scotland,
"probate or letters of administration" shall
mean confirmation in cases of testate suc-
cession, and testament dative in cases of
intestate succession;

"Gazette" shall mean the London Gazette for
England, the Edinburgh Gazette for Scotland,
and the Dublin Gazette for Ireland.

A.D. 1899.

80. The enactments specified in the First Schedule Repeal hereto are hereby repealed to the extent appearing in the third column of that schedule.

43 Vict., c. 14 The Customs and Inland Section 8.

MATTERS TO BE PROVIDED FOR BY THE RULES OF SOCIETIES
REGISTERED UNDER THIS ACT.

1. Object, name, and registered office of the society.

2. Terms of admission of the members, including any society or company investing funds in the society under the provisions of this Act.

3. Mode of holding meetings, scale and right of voting, and of making, altering, or rescinding rules.

4. The appointment and removal of a committee of management, by whatever name, of managers or other officers, and their respective powers and remuneration.

5. Determination of the amount of interest, not exceeding two hundred pounds sterling, in the shares of the society which any member other than a registered society may hold.