The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

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Identifikator:: 875232663

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-2698

Document type:: Monograph

Title:: The law of friendly societies, and industrial and provident societies, with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index

Place of publication:: with the acts, observations thereon, forms of rules etc., reports of leading cases at length, and a copious index$gTenth edition, revised and enlarged

Publisher:: Shaw and Sons

Year of publication:: 1881

Scope:: 1 Online-Ressource (XII, 303 Seiten)

Digitisation:: 2017

Collection:: Economics Books

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INSPECTION. 299> INSPECTION. Insteuctions to inspectors appointed under the Friendly Societies Act, 1875. The inspector’s business is confined to the two following- functions :— 1. Examining into the affairs of the society. 2. Reporting thereon to the chief registrar, or, as the case- may be ; the assistant registrar for Scotland or Ireland. The inspector is in no wise an arbitrator, still less a judge, and has no power to decide disputed questions of law or of fact, nor has he to fulfil the duties of auditor or valuer. The inspection primarily concerns only the society and its members ; strangers have no right to be present, and should only be admitted if the inspector thinks it desirable, and with the consent of both parties to the inquiry, viz.,, the applicants and the society. For the due discharge of his functions, however, he is invested with certain important powers :— (1.) He may require the production of all or any of the books and documents of the society. (2.) He may examine on oath any— (a.) Officer, (&.) Member, (c.) Agent, or (d.) Servant of the society in relation to its business, administering the oath himself (sect. 23, sub-sect. 1). The word “ officer,” by the definition in sect. 4, “ ex tends to any trustee, 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.” In conducting his inquiries the inspector should, in the first instance, put the applicants or their representatives upon the proof of their allegations. Bearing, however, in mind that his task is to examine and report upon the affairs of the society, he is in no wise bound to limit his inquiries to the proof or disproof of the specific allegations made. On the other hand, he should not admit to exami nation all persons who tender themselves as witnesses irrespective of the matters to be proved. He will at all times use his discretion as to examining

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