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or as a naval coast volunteer, royal naval volunteer, naval 
artillery volunteer, or in any corps of yeomanry or volun 
teers whatsoever, shall lose or forfeit any interest he pos 
sesses at the time of his being so enrolled or serving, in any 
friendly society [or branch], registered or unregistered, or 
be fined for absence from or non-attendance at any meeting 
of the society [or branch], such absence or non-attendance 
being occasioned by the discharge of his military or naval 
duty as certified by his commanding officer, any rules of 
such society [or branch] to the contrary notwithstanding, 
and any dispute between any such society [or branch], and 
such person by reason of such enrolment or service shall be 
decided by a court of summary jurisdiction under this Act; 
but if the rules of a society certified before the twenty-third 
day of July one thousand eight hundred and fifty-five, and 
in force at the time of such enrolment or service, provide 
that a member shall be deprived of any benefit by reason 
of such enrolment or service, the society may require of 
such member a contribution exceeding the rate of contribu 
tion otherwise payable by him to an amount not exceeding 
one-tenth of such rate during the time such member shall 
be serving out of the United Kingdom, or may suspend all 
claim of such member to any benefits assured by the 
society, and all claim of the society to any contributions 
payable by such member, during, the time only he may 
be serving out of the United Kingdom, but so that if 
he return to the United Kingdom he shall forthwith be 
replaced on the same footing as before he went abroad on 
service (d). 
, 27. Limitations of benefits.—No member of a registered 
hiendly society, nor any person claiming through a member, 
(d) This section is founded on 52 Geo. 3, c. 38, s. 41; 52 Geo. 3, 
c- 68, s. 39; 17 & 18 Vict. c. 105, s. 44; 17 & 18 Vict. c. 106, 
s - 69; 17 & 18 Vict. c. 107, S. 27; 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63, s. 47; 
22 & 23 Vict. c. 40, s. 23; 23 Vict. c. 13; 26 & 27 Vict. c. 65, 
s - 44; 36 & 37 Vict. c. 77, s. 33 (all of which are repealed by 
Sched. I.), with important amendments. The proviso as to ex 
isting rules of a society would apply after its conversion into a 
branch by virtue of sect. 6 of the Act of 1876. 
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