FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AMENDMENT.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5439, 2 September 1878, Page 3

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES AMENDMENT.

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of TSfew Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows ; 3, The short title of this Act shall be the Friendly Societies Act .Amendment Act, 1878. ' . 2. So ranch of subsection three of section 12 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1877 (herein referred to as “ the said Act),” as requires that amendments of rules shall he published in the Gazette is hereby repealed. ' 3. In subsection one of section twelve of the said Act the words “and so far as they are applicable to the constitution of such society ” shall be inserted between the word “ registered ” and the word “ contain in subsection two of the same section there shall be inserted between the word “management” and the word “ and ” the words “ medical and surgical expenses, including medicine and medical and surgical requisites and the said Act shall be read and construed accordingly. 4. Section thirteen, subsection one, of the said Act shall bo read as if after the word « appointed ” at the end of sub-head (d) there were inserted the words “also a list of the members of the society, together with the age of each, and the periods of sickness, deaths, and ether contingencies in respect of which laoncfits are given by the society, experienced by the society, during the year ending as aforesaid, specifying the members in respect of whom such sickness, deaths, or contingencies have been experienced,” and such other information as the Registrar may from time to time prescribe. The Registrar may dispense with the quinquennial return from any society furnishing the required informatiod annually. 5. Subhead (/) of subsection one of section thirteen of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lien thereof it is enacted that every registered society shall, once at least in the five years next after the commencement of the eaid Act or the registry of the society, and so again within six months after the expiration of every five years succeeding the date of the first valuation under this Act, either cause its assets and liabilities to bo valued by a valuer, to be appointed by the society and approved of by the Governor, and send to the registrar a report, signed by such vainer (and which shall also state his address and calling or profession), on the condition of the society and an abstract to be made by him of the results of his valuation, together with a return containing such information with respect to the benefits assured and contributions receivable by the society, and of its funds and effects, debts, and credits, as the registrar may from time to time require ; or send to the registrar a return of the benefits assured and contributions receivable from all the members of the society, and of all its funds and effects, debts and credits, accompanied by such evidence in support thereof ns tho registrar may prescribe, in which case tho registrar ahall cause the assets and liabilities of the society to b« valued and reported on by some

actuary, and shall send to the society a copy of his report and an abstract of the results of his valuation.

6. The provisions of section twenty-nine of the said Act shall he and deemed to have applied to all registered and unregistered societies and branches.

7. The following subsections shall be, read and construed as part of section thirteen of the said Act, and as if they were subsections thereto occurring immediately before subsection two of that section : —(1.) In all registered societies and branches all moneys received or paid on account of each particular fund shall be kept separate and distinct, and shall be entered in a separate account di-tinot from the moneys received and paid on account of any other fund, and a separate fund or funds shall be established for the payment of all expeases of management and of all expenses (if any) on account of medical and surgical attendance, including medicine and medical and surgical requisites. (2.) No transfer shall bo made of the moneys of any one benefit fund to meet the liabilies of any other fund, nor shall such moneys, or interest accruing therefrom, be in any manner apnlied for tho use, whether temporary or permanent of any fund save the fund to which they properly belong. If any valuer, in any report made in accordance with section five of tin's Act, shall report that such transfer can be safely made, it shall be lawful to make such transfer accordingly. 8. Snb-heads (g), (h j, and (i), of subjection one of section thirteen of the said Act, shall not apply to working men’s clubs. 9. The provision (d) of section twenty-two of the said Act is hereby repealed, and in lieu thereof the following provision is enacted ; Tho provisions of section twc>ty-two of the said Act relating to change of name shall apply to all registered branches, and the provisions of that section relating to amalgamation and transfer of engagements shall apply and extend to registered branches of the same society ; but no change of name, amalgamation, or transfer of engagement shall take place in such oases unless in accordance with the general rules of the society to which such branches belong, or the consent of tho central body of such society is obtained thereto. . Except as aforesaid the provisions of section twenty-two shall not apply to branches. 10. In all informations and complaints under the said Act or this Act made by or on behalf of the registrar against asociety or branch, or any officer thereof, or member of the committee of management thereof respectively, the onus of proving that any return, report, notice, or document required to be sent or given to the registrar has been so sent or given, or that any return, report, notice, or document has been compiled or made as required by the said Act or this Act, shall lie with the society, branch, officer, or member against which or whom the information or complaint is laid or made. 11. The said Act and this Act shall in all respects he construed as one Act.