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nuity, or other benefit from the funds thereof be
first duly satisfied, or adequate provision be made
for satisfying such claim:
(c.) Any officer or person aiding or abetting in the dissolution
of a society, otherwise than as in this
Act provided, shall, on summary convictiou, be
liable to be committed to the common gaol or
house of correction, there to be kept to hard labour
for any term not exceeding three months (a) :
(d.) If any member of a dissolved society, or person
claiming any relief, annuity, or other benefit from
the funds thereof, be dissatisfied with the provision
made for satisfying his claim, such member
or other person may apply to the county court of
the district within which the chief or any other
place of business of the society is situate for relief
or other order, and such court shall have the same
powers in the matter as in regard to the settlement
of disputes under this Act (b).
(8.) Dissolution by award, <£c.—With respect to dissolutions
and the distribution of funds upon the award of the
chief registrar:—
(a.) Upon the application of one-fifth of the whole
number of members of any registered society, or
of one hundred members in the case of a society
of one thousand members and not exceeding ten
thousand, or of five hundred members in the case
of a society of more than ten thousand members,
made in ‘writing under their hands, setting forth
that the funds of the society are insufficient to
meet the existing claims thereon, or that the rates
of contribution fixed in the rules of such society
are insufficient to cover the benefits assured, and
(a) This punishment may be mitigated under the Summary
Jurisdiction Act, 1879 (42 & 43 Yict. c. 49, s. 4).
(i) This provision is similar to 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63, s. 13.
