39 & 40 Vxct. Cap. 45, s. 11. 
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lie made in such form and shall contain such particulars as 
the chief registrar prescribes. 
(6.) Recording of documents.—All documents by this sec 
tion required to be sent to the registrar shall be deposited 
-with the rules of the societies to which the same respec 
tively relate, and shall be registered or recorded by the 
registrar, with such observations thereon, if any, as the 
chief registrar shall direct. 
11. Privileges of societies.—Registered societies shall be 
entitled to the following privileges (a): 
(1.) Incorporation of society with limited liability.—The 
registration of a society shall render it a body corporate by 
the name described in the acknowledgment of registry by 
which it may sue and be sued, with perpetual succession 
and a common seal, and with limited liability; and shall 
vest in the society all property for the time being vested in 
any person in trust for the society; and all legal proceed 
ings pending by or against the trustees of any such society 
may be prosecuted by or against the society in its registered 
name without abatement (6). 
(2.) Rules to bind the members.—The rules of the society 
shall bind the society and all members thereof and all per 
sons claiming through them respectively to the same extent 
as if each member had subscribed his name and affixed his 
seal thereto, and there were contained in such rules a cove 
nant on the part of himself, his heirs, executors, and 
administrators, to conform thereto, subject to the provisions 
of this Act: Provided that a society registered at the time 
when this Act comes into operation, or the members 
thereof, may respectively exercise any power given by this 
(a) The privilege of exemption from stamp duty, which was 
granted by previous Acts (see 30 & 31 Viet. c. 117, s. 3), is not 
contained in this Act. 
(J) As to societies in existence before the Act of 1862, and not 
incorporated under it, see Queensbury Industrial Society v- 
Pickles, 14 W. R. 30; Linton v. The Blakeney Joint Industrial 
Provident Society, 34 L. J. Exch. 211, and note L., Appendix.