A Manual of the Law Relating to Industrial and Provident Societies, in Their Formation, Existence, and Dissolution: With an Appendix Containing Forms of Rules, Statutes, and General Orders

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H. Sweet, 1869 - 260 pages

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Page 220 - An Act to repeal an Act of the present Session of Parliament, intituled ' An Act for the more effectual Abolition of Oaths and Affirmations taken and made in various Departments of the State, and to substitute Declarations in lieu thereof, and for the more entire Suppression of voluntary and extra-judicial Oaths and Affidavits;' and to make other Provisions for the Abolition of unnecessary Oaths.
Page 128 - To carry on the business of the company, so far as may be necessary for the beneficial winding up of the same...
Page 91 - ... and of the amount paid or agreed to be considered as paid on the shares of each member ; (a) The date at which the name of any person was entered in the register as a member : (3) The date at which any person ceased to be a member...
Page 148 - ... present or future, certain or contingent, ascertained or sounding only in damages, subsisting or supposed to subsist between the company and...
Page 152 - ... or been guilty of any misfeasance or breach of trust in relation to the company...
Page 125 - ... a demand under his hand requiring the company to pay the sum so due, and the company has for...
Page 152 - ... so misapplied or retained, or for which he has become liable or accountable, together with interest after such rate as the Court thinks just...
Page 128 - To sell the real and personal and heritable and moveable property, effects and things in action of the company by public auction or private contract, with power to transfer the whole thereof to any person or company, or to sell the same in parcels...
Page 105 - The said arbitrators or their umpire may call for the production of any documents in the possession or power of either party, which they or he may think necessary for determining the question in dispute, and may examine the parties or their witnesses on oath, and administer the oaths necessary for that purpose.
Page 125 - Whenever the Court is of opinion that it is just and equitable that the company should be wound up.

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