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Friendly Societies

Cap. 317 · Revised Edition 2020 · 26 sections

• s. 1Short title
• s. 2Establishment of the Society
• s. 3Death payment with certificate
• s. 4Power to make rules, etc
• s. 5Accounts
• s. 6Confirmation of rules
• s. 7Approval by Register General
• s. 8Fees on confirmation
• s. 9Compulsory rules
• s. 10Investments
• s. 11Registration of trustees and officers
• s. 12Duties of trustees
• s. 13Settlement of disputes
• s. 14Arbitration rules
• s. 15Directives of court in the absence of rules
• s. 16Procedure for expulsion of a member
• s. 17Enforcing orders of court
• s. 18Obtaining moneys fraudulently
• s. 19Accountability for moneys received
• s. 20Production and inspection of books
• s. 21Legibility of infants
• s. 22Dissolution of a society
• s. 23Powers of the Minister
• s. 24Rules, etc., as evidence
• s. 25Lien on assets of officer dying, etc
• s. 26Act binds voluntary benevolent societies