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  section ­
  required  to  be  sent  to  the  registrar  shall  be  deposited
-with  the  rules  of  the  societies  to  which  the  same  respectively ­
  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  proceedings ­
  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  persons ­
  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  covenant ­
  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.