39  &  40  Vict.  Cap.  32,  ss.  1—3.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENT  OP  REGISTRY  OP  AMENDMENT
OP  RULES.
The  foregoing  amendment  of  the  rules  of  the  ■  ■  -
Society  is  registered  under  the  Friendly  Societies  Act,
1875,  this  day  of  .
[Seal  or  stamp  of  central  office,  or  signature  of
Assistant  Registrar  for  Scotland  or  Ireland.]

39  &  40  YICT.  Cap.  32.
An  Act  to  amend  the  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875.
[24th  July,  1876.J
Whereas  it  is  expedient  to  amend  on  some  points  the
Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875  :
Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Queen’s  most  excellent  Majesty,  hy
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Lords  spiritual  and
temporal,  and  Commons,  in  this  present  parliament
assembled,  and  hy  the  authority  of  the  same,  as  follows  :—
1.  Construction  of  Act.—Short  title.—  This  Act  shall  be
construed  as  one  with  the  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875
(herein  termed  “  the  principal  Act”),  and  may  be  cited  as
“  The  Friendly  Societies  Amendment  Act,  1876,”  or
together  with  the  principal  Act  as  “  The  Friendly  Societies
Acts.”
2.  Meaning  of  “  Treasury  regulations.”—In  this  Act  the
term  “  Treasury  regulations”  means  any  regulations  made
and  approved  by  the  Treasury  and  for  the  time  being  in
force  under  and  by  virtue  of  the  principal  Act.
3.  Conversion  of  registered  societies  into  branches.—With
respect  to  the  conversion  of  registered  societies  into
branches  the  following  provisions  shall  have  effect:—
(!•)  A  society  registered  before  the  first  day  of  January,
one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  seventy-six  may,