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of the registrar of deaths, or other person having the care
of the register of deaths in which such death is or ought to
be entered (Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 14 (2), and
Friendly Societies Amendment Act, 1876, s. 7) [nor upon
the death of a child under ten years of age, except upon
the production of such certificate of death as is required by
sect. 28 of the Friendly Societies Act, 1875, and otherwise
in conformity with the provisions of the said Act],
(5.) Fines and forfeitures to be imposed on members (a).—
(6.) Provision for expenses of management.—The necessary
expenses of the management of the society shall be provided
for by (6)—
IV.—Meetings. Right of Voting (c).
Y.—New Rules and Alteration of Rules.
No new rule shall be made, nor any of the rules herein
contained or hereafter to be made shall be amended,
altered, or rescinded, unless with the consent of a majority
of the members present at a general meeting of the society
specially called for that purpose.
(a) Here is to be stated the amount of every fine, the cause
for which it is to be inflicted, and the authority empowered to
inflict it. A rule which imposes a fine or forfeiture not of a
fixed or limited amount is not in accordance with the Act.
(4) Here should be stated whether the expenses of management
are to be provided for by a separate contribution, or by
setting apart a specific proportion of the contribution.
(c) Here should be stated how often, when and where, meetings
are to be held; what notice is to be given of them; by
whose authority and how meetings are to be specially called,
and upon what requisition; whether any and what number of
members is necessary to constitute a quorum, either generally or
in any particular cases; who is to take the chair; what are thequalifications
of voters; whether votes may be given by proxy,,
and how questions on which there is an equality of votes arc to.
be decided.
