258  MODEL  RULES  FOR  A  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY.

MODEL  RULES  FOR  A  BENEVOLENT  SOCIETY..

The  following  Form  of  Rules  has  been  prepared  by  the'
chief  registrar  for  the  purpose  of  assisting  benevolent
societies  in  complying  with  the  provisions  of  the  Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875.  It  is  applicable,  with  slight  modification, ­
  to  working  men’s  clubs  and  (subject  to  the  special;
rules  provided  in  each  case)  to  specially  authorized  Societies..
The  blanks  may  be  filled  as  the  society  may  think  fit.
I.—Constitution  of  Society.
The  society  is  a  benevolent  society,  composed  of  persons
over  sixteen  years  of  age  (a).

II.—Name  of  Society  and  Place  of  Registered  Office.
The  society  shall  be  called  “  The  (b)
Its  registered  office  is  in  England,  and  is  at  No.
street,  ,  in  the  county  of
In  the  event  of  any  change  in  the  situation  of  the'
registered  office,  notice  of  such  change  shall  be  sent  within
fourteen  days  thereafter  to  the  registrar  in  the  form  prescribed ­
  by  the  Treasury  regulation  in  that  behalf.—Friendly
Societies  Act,  1875,  s.  14  (1  a).

III.—Objects  and  Purposes,  Admission  of  Members,  Conditions
of  Benefit,  Sc.
1.  Objects  for  ivliich  the  society  is  established.—This
society  is  established  for  the  benevolent  or  charitable  purpose ­
  of  (c)

(a)  No  person  under  the  ago  of  16  years  may  he  a  member  of
a  society  registered  after  1st  January,  1876,  unless  it  is  one  consisting ­
  wholly  of  members  under  16.
(4)  State  the  name,  which  is  not  to  be  that  of  any  existing:
registered  society.
(c)  State  the  whole  of  the  objects.