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(5.) Inquiry to be made by societies [and branches'].—Any 
society [or branch] to which is produced a certificate of the 
death of a child which does not purport to be the first, 
shall, before paying any money thereon, he bound to 
inquire whether any and what sums of money have been 
paid on the same death by any other society [or branch], 
(6.) Offences under this section.—It shall Ire an offence 
under this Act— 
(a.) If any society [or branch] pays money on the death 
of a child under ten years of age otherwise than 
is provided by this Act; 
(b.) If any parent, or personal representative of a parent, 
claiming money on the death of a child produces 
any certificate of such death other than is herein 
provided to the society or societies [or branches] 
from which the money is claimed, or produces a 
false certificate, or one fraudulently obtained, or 
in any way attempts to defeat the provisions of 
this Act with respect to payments upon the death 
of children. 
(7.) Extent of the word “society.”—The word “society” in 
the present section shall include all industrial assurance 
companies assuring the payment of money on the death of 
children under the age of ten years. 
(8.) Assurances on children’s lives not to be void under 
14 Geo. 3, c. 48.—No assurance made, or to be made, by any 
industrial assurance company, of a sum of money payable 
on the death of a child under the age of ten years, which 
would be valid if effected with a registered society [or 
branch], shall be invalidated by reason of any provision 
contained in the Act of the fourteenth year of His late 
Majesty King George the Third, chapter forty-eight, for 
regulating insurances upon lives and for prohibiting all 
such insurances except in cases where the person insuring 
shall have an interest in the life of the persons insured. 
(9.) Insurable interests.—Provided that nothing in this 
section contained shall apply to insurances on the lives of