38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  S.  4.

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“  Industrial  Assurance  Company”  means  any  company,  as
defined  lay  “  The  Life  Assurance  Companies  Act,  1870,”
'which  grants  assurances  on  any  one  life  for  a  less  sum
than  twenty  pounds,  and  which  receives  premiums  or
contributions  in  Great  Britain  or  Ireland,  by  means
of  collectors,  at  less  periodical  intervals  than  two
months  :
«  Amendment  of  rule”  includes  a  new  rule,  and  a  resolution ­
  rescinding  a  rule  :
“  Rules  ”  means  rules  for  the  time  being  :
“  Branch”  means  any  number  of  the  members  of  a  society,
under  the  control  of  a  central  body,  having  a  separate
fund  administered  by  themselves  or  by  a  committee  or
officers  appointed  by  themselves  :
“  Persons  claiming  through  a  member  ”  includes  the
heirs,  executors,  administrators,  and  assigns  of  a
member,  and  also  his  nominees  where  nomination  is
allowed  :
“  Collector  ”  includes  every  paid  officer,  agent,  or  person,
howsoever  remunerated,  who,  by  himself  or  by  any
deputy  or  substitute,  collects  contributions  for  a
society,  or  holds  any  interest  in  a  collecting  book  of
the  same,  but  does  not  include—
(a.)  The  secretary  or  other  officer  of  a  branch  of  a  society
who  receives  contributions  on  behalf  of  such
society,  or  of  any  other  branch  of  the  same  ;
(&.)  Any  officer  appointed  to  superintend  and  receive
moneys  from  collectors  within  a  specified  area,  and
not  being  himself  a  collector  as  hereinbefore
defined;
(c.)  Any  agent  appointed  and  remunerated  by  members,,
and  not  under  the  control  of  the  society,  or  of  any
officer  thereof  :
“  Officer  ”  extends  to  anyftrustee,  treasurer,  secretary,  or
member  of  the  committee  of  management  of  a  society,,
or  person  appointed  by  the  society  to  sue  and  be  sued;
on  its  behalf  :
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