98

38  &  39  Vict.  Cap.  60,  s.  26.

(d.)  Every  award  under  this  or  the  last  preceding  section,,
whether  for  dissolution  or  distribution  of  funds,
is  final  and  conclusive  on  the  society  in  respect  of
which  the  same  is  made,  and  on  all  members  of
the  same,  and  other  persons  having  any  claim  on
the  funds  of  the  society,  without  appeal,  and  shall
be  enforced  in  the  same  manner  as  a  decision  on
a  dispute  under  this  Act;  and  the  expenses  of
every  investigation  and  award,  and  of  publishing
every  notice  of  dissolution,  shall  be  paid  out  of
the  funds  of  the  society  before  any  other  appropriation ­
  thereof  shall  be  made  (a):
(e.)  Notice  of  every  award  for  dissolution  shall,  within
twenty-one  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been
made,  be  advertised  by  the  central  office  in  the
Gazette,  and  in  some  newspaper  circulating  in  the
county  in  which  the  registered  office  of  the  society
is  situated,  and  unless,  within  three  months  from
the  date  of  the  Gazette  in  which  such  advertisement ­
  appears,  a  member  or  other  person  interested
in  or  having  any  claim  on  the  funds  of  the  society
commences  proceedings  to  set  aside  the  dissolution
of  the  society,  consequent  upon  such  award,  and
such  dissolution  is  set  aside  accordingly,  the  society
shall  be  legally  dissolved  from  the  date  of  such
advertisement,  and  the  requisite  consents  to  the
application  to  the  registrar  shall  be  considered  to
have  been  duly  obtained  without  proof  of  the
signatures  thereto  (6).
(9.)  Consent  of  central  body.—The  provisions  of  the  present ­
  section  shall  not  apply  to  any  society  having  branches
without  the  consent  of  the  central  body  of  such  society  (c).
26.  Militiamen  and  volunteers  not  to  lose  benefits.—No
person,  by  reason  of  his  enrolment  or  service  in  the  militia

(a)  See  23  &  24  Vict.  c.  68,  s.  2.
(J)  Sec  23  &  24  Vict.  c.  58,  s.  3.
(e)  Tills  provision  is  new.