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(5.) Inquiry to be made by societies [and branches'].—Any
society [or branch] to which is produced a certificate of the
death of a child which does not purport to be the first,
shall, before paying any money thereon, he bound to
inquire whether any and what sums of money have been
paid on the same death by any other society [or branch],
(6.) Offences under this section.—It shall Ire an offence
under this Act—
(a.) If any society [or branch] pays money on the death
of a child under ten years of age otherwise than
is provided by this Act;
(b.) If any parent, or personal representative of a parent,
claiming money on the death of a child produces
any certificate of such death other than is herein
provided to the society or societies [or branches]
from which the money is claimed, or produces a
false certificate, or one fraudulently obtained, or
in any way attempts to defeat the provisions of
this Act with respect to payments upon the death
of children.
(7.) Extent of the word “society.”—The word “society” in
the present section shall include all industrial assurance
companies assuring the payment of money on the death of
children under the age of ten years.
(8.) Assurances on children’s lives not to be void under
14 Geo. 3, c. 48.—No assurance made, or to be made, by any
industrial assurance company, of a sum of money payable
on the death of a child under the age of ten years, which
would be valid if effected with a registered society [or
branch], shall be invalidated by reason of any provision
contained in the Act of the fourteenth year of His late
Majesty King George the Third, chapter forty-eight, for
regulating insurances upon lives and for prohibiting all
such insurances except in cases where the person insuring
shall have an interest in the life of the persons insured.
(9.) Insurable interests.—Provided that nothing in this
section contained shall apply to insurances on the lives of
