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Nominations. Sec. 13 (4). 12. Every registered society (except as in the Act is provided) shall keep a record or register of all nominations made by the members, and of all revocations and variations of the same. Transfer of Funds or Money. 13. Every application to the Registrar to direct a transfer of funds, debentures, securities, or moneys shall follow as near as may be the Form No. 11 annexed hereto, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 12 annexed hereto, or as near thereto as the facts admit, and by the certificate of the funds or debentures, or by the securities in respect of which the application is made. 14. Before making the application the society shall submit to the Registrar for examination a draft copy, on foolscap paper, written on one side only, of the proposed application and declaration. 15. The Registrar, before directing the transfer, may require such further proof of any statement in the application as may seem to him to be necessary. 16. The Registrar shall give his direction in Form No. 13 annexed hereto, so framed in each case as to suit the particular circumstances. Juvenile Societies. Sec. 13 (10). 17. Societies and branches consisting wholly of members between three and sixteen years of age may be registered, provided they are— (a.) In connection with some institution or school, and managed by the managers or teachers thereof, or by a committee appointed wholly or partly by such managers or teachers; (6.) In connection with some society registered under the Act, or a branch of any such society, and managed by the committee or officers of such society or branch, or by persons appointed wholly or partly by them. 18. The rules of every such society or branch shall contain provisions for the following matters in addition to those equired in the case of societies by Schedule I. of the Act and Form No. 1 to these regulations, and in the case of branches by Regulation 50: — (1.) Whether or not parents and guardians of members shall bo entitled to be present and vote at meetings of the society, and to perform acts of membership on behalf of their children : (2.) The giving of security by the treasurer: (3.) The investment of the funds in a savings bank, or in Government or real securities, but not otherwise : (4.) The acceptance of a member into a registered society or branch, or the payment to him of a share of the accumulated funds, if any, on his attaining the age of sixteen years. The forms annexed to Regulations 1 to 63 may be modified by authority of the Registrar, to suit their application to juvenile societies or branches. Disputes. 19. The reference of a dispute to the Registrar shall be written on foolscap paper, in duplicate, in Form No. 14 annexed hereto. 20. The Registrar, upon receipt of the reference, shall transmit one copy of it to the Governor for his consent. 21. Every notice of hearing by the Registrar, and every requisition for the attendance of parties and witnesses, and the production of books and documents, shall be in Form No. 15 annexed hereto. 22. Where it is necessary to enforce the attendance of a particular witness, or the production of a particular document, notice shall be in Form No. 10 annexed hereto. 23. If an order for discovery is necessary, it shall be in Form No. 17 annexed hereto. 24. The determination and order of the Registrar shall be in Form No. 18 annexed hereto, or as near thereto as the circumstances of the case may in his judgment allow. Inspectors and Special Meetings. Sec. 28. 25. An application for appointment of inspectors or for calling a special meeting shall be sent to the Registrar, written on foolscap paper, in duplicate, in Form No. 19 annexed hereto, and shall bo accompanied by a statutory declaration, in Form No. 20 annexed hereto, by three at least of the applicants. 26. The Registrar may, immediately upon receipt of the application, transmit one copy to the Governor for his consent, or may, before such transmission, give notice of the application to the society, and send to the Governor any answer the society may make. 27. The appointment of inspectors shall be in Form No. 21 annexed hereto, or as near thereto as circumstances may allow. 28. The notice of special meeting shall be in Form No. 22 annexed hereto.

29. The chairman of the special meeting shall report to the Registrar as he may direct. Special Resolutions. Sec. 15 (2), and Sec. 9 (3). 30. Every application for approval of change of name must be made, in duplicate, in Form No. 23 annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Registrar, accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 24 annexed hereto. If approved of, the word " Approved " shall be written at the foot or end of each such copy, and the same shall be signed by the Registrar. Sec. 15 (3). 31. Every application to register a special resolution for the amalgamation of societies must bo made by each of the societies, in duplicate, in Form No. 25 annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Registrar accompanied by statutory declarations from officers of each society in Form No. 24. No acknowledgment of registry shall be given to either society until special resolutions in the like terms have been submitted for registry by the other or others. 32. Every application to register a special resolution for the transfer of the engagements of a society to another must bo, in duplicate, in Form No. 26 annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Registrar accompanied by statutory declarations in Forms No. 24 and No. 27. Sec. 15 (4). 33. Every application to register a special resolution for converting a society into a company must be, in duplicate, in Form No. 28 annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Registrar accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 24. Sec. 15 (4). 34. An application for registry of a special resolution for amalgamation with a company, or for transfer of engagements to a company, shall be in duplicate in Form No. 25 or No. 26, as the case may be, with the necessary modifications to suit the facts, and shall bo accompanied by statutory declarations in Forms No. 24 and No. 29. Sec. 15 (6). 35. A special resolution shall be registered by writing at the foot or end of each copy of the same the word " Registered," and by affixing to the same the seal or stamp of the Registrar. 36. Where the special resolution is for conversion into, amalgamation with, or transfer of all the engagements of a society to a company, the following words shall be added: " The registry of the Society is hereby cancelled." Registrar. Conversion of Registered Societies into Branches. Sec. 19. 37. Every application to register a society as a branch shall be made in the Form No. 30 hereto annexed, and shall be accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 31 hereto annexed, made and signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the resolution for conversion was passed, and by the secretary of the society. 38. The notico of cancellation of the registry of the society, and of its registration as a branch, shall bo in Form No. 32 hereto annexed. Dissolution. Sec. 16 (2). 39. The instrument of dissolution shall be in Form No. 33 hereto annexed, and shall bo signed in duplicate and accompanied by a statutory declaration in Form No. 34 hereto annexed, and by a statement naming some newspaper circulating in the city, town, or place in which the registered office of the society is situated, wherein it is desired that notice of the dissolution shall be published, and by the sum requisite to defray the expenses of such publication, and by the further sum requisite for the like publication in the Gazette. 40. The Registrar shall return one of the duplicates to the society with an acknowledgment of registry in Form No. 35 hereto annexed. 41. Alterations in the instrument of dissolution shall be signed, declared to, and registered in like manner. 42. The advertisement of dissolution by instrument shall bo in Form No. 36 hereto annexed. Sec. 16 (8). 43. Every application for dissolution by award of the Registrar shall bo in Form No. 37 hereto annexed, and shall name some newspaper circulating in the city, town, or place in which the registered office of the society is situated, wherein it is desired that notice of the award shall be published, and with it shall be sent the sum requisite to defray the expenses of such publication, and the further sum requisite for the like publication in the Gazette. 44. The notico of investigation shall be in Form No. 38 hereto annexed, and the award in Form No. 39. 45. The award of the Registrar for distribution of funda shall be in Form No. 40 hereto annexed. 46. The notice of dissolution by award shall be in Form No. 41 hereto annexed.