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38 & 39 Vict. Cap. 60, ss. 3, 4.' 
3. Extent of Act.—This Act extends to Great Britain and 
Ireland, tlie Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man (a). 
4. Definitions.—In this Act, if not inconsistent rvith the 
context, the following terms have the meanings herein 
after respectively assigned to them :— 
“ The Treasury” means the Lords Commissioners of Her 
Majesty’s Treasury (b): 
“ England ” includes the Channel Islands and the Isle of 
Man (except as hereinafter provided): 
“ The Registrar ” means for England the central office, 
and for Scotland or Ireland the assistant registrar for 
either country respectively (c): 
“ Country ” means England, Scotland, or Ireland, as the 
case may he : 
The several ridings of the county of York, the several 
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man respectively, 
shall he deemed to be counties : 
“ Land” includes hereditaments, and in Scotland heritable 
subjects, of whatever description, and chattels real: 
“ Property” means all real and personal estate (including 
hooks and papers): 
“ Registered society ” means a society registered or 
deemed to be registered under this Act: 
(a) Tliis section is the same as sect. 50 of the 18 & 19 Viet, 
c. 63;—but that Act contained no provisions adapted to the pecu 
liarities of the laws of the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, 
and was not adopted by the local legislature in either case. The 
present Act is adapted to the Isle of Man by sect. 40 and to the 
Channel Islands hy sect. 41. 
(b) By s. 2 of the Friendly Societies Amendment Act, 1876, 
(called in these notes “the Act of 1876”) the term “ Treasury 
regulations ” is defined to mean any regulations made and ap 
proved by the Treasury, and for the time being in force under 
and hy virtue of this Act. 
(e) By 10 Geo. 4, c. 56 (1829) the rules of friendly societies 
were required to he submitted to the barrister who had been 
appointed under an Act of the previous year (9 Geo. 4, c. 92) to 
certify the rules of savings hanks. By 9 & 10 Vict. c. 27 (1846) 
this barrister was constituted registrar of friendly societies.