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38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  ss.  3,  4.'

3.  Extent  of  Act.—This  Act  extends  to  Great  Britain  and
Ireland,  tlie  Channel  Islands,  and  the  Isle  of  Man  (a).
4.  Definitions.—In  this  Act,  if  not  inconsistent  rvith  the
context,  the  following  terms  have  the  meanings  hereinafter ­
  respectively  assigned  to  them  :—
“  The  Treasury”  means  the  Lords  Commissioners  of  Her
Majesty’s  Treasury  (b):
“  England  ”  includes  the  Channel  Islands  and  the  Isle  of
Man  (except  as  hereinafter  provided):
“  The  Registrar  ”  means  for  England  the  central  office,
and  for  Scotland  or  Ireland  the  assistant  registrar  for
either  country  respectively  (c):
“  Country  ”  means  England,  Scotland,  or  Ireland,  as  the
case  may  he  :
The  several  ridings  of  the  county  of  York,  the  several
Channel  Islands,  and  the  Isle  of  Man  respectively,
shall  he  deemed  to  be  counties  :
“  Land”  includes  hereditaments,  and  in  Scotland  heritable
subjects,  of  whatever  description,  and  chattels  real:
“  Property”  means  all  real  and  personal  estate  (including
hooks  and  papers):
“  Registered  society  ”  means  a  society  registered  or
deemed  to  be  registered  under  this  Act:

(a)  Tliis  section  is  the  same  as  sect.  50  of  the  18  &  19  Viet,
c.  63;—but  that  Act  contained  no  provisions  adapted  to  the  peculiarities ­
  of  the  laws  of  the  Channel  Islands  and  the  Isle  of  Man,
and  was  not  adopted  by  the  local  legislature  in  either  case.  The
present  Act  is  adapted  to  the  Isle  of  Man  by  sect.  40  and  to  the
Channel  Islands  hy  sect.  41.
(b)  By  s.  2  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Amendment  Act,  1876,
(called  in  these  notes  “the  Act  of  1876”)  the  term  “  Treasury
regulations  ”  is  defined  to  mean  any  regulations  made  and  approved ­
  by  the  Treasury,  and  for  the  time  being  in  force  under
and  hy  virtue  of  this  Act.
(e)  By  10  Geo.  4,  c.  56  (1829)  the  rules  of  friendly  societies
were  required  to  he  submitted  to  the  barrister  who  had  been
appointed  under  an  Act  of  the  previous  year  (9  Geo.  4,  c.  92)  to
certify  the  rules  of  savings  hanks.  By  9  &  10  Vict.  c.  27  (1846)
this  barrister  was  constituted  registrar  of  friendly  societies.