100 
38 & 39 Vict. Cap. 60, s. 28. 
shall be entitled to receive more than two hundred pounds 
by way of gross sum, together .with any bonuses or addi 
tions declared upon assurances not exceeding that amount, 
or (except as provided by section six of this Act) fifty 
pounds a year by way of annuity, from any one or more 
such societies; and any such society may require a member, 
or person claiming through a member, to make and sign a 
statutory declaration that the total amount to which such 
member or person is entitled from one or more such societies 
does not exceed the sums aforesaid; and any person know 
ingly making a false or fraudulent declaration in the 
matter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor (a). 
28. Payments on death of children.—With respect to pay 
ments on the death of children under ten years of age, 
the following provisions shall have effect:— 
(1.) Limitation of payments.—No society [or branch] 
shall insure or pay on the death of a child under five years 
of age any sum of money which, added to any amount pay 
able on the death of such child by any other society [or 
branch], exceeds six pounds, or on the death of a child 
under ten years of age any sum of money which, added to 
any amount payable on the death of such child by any 
other society [or branch], exceeds ten pounds (h). 
(2.) Who may receive payments.—No society [or branch] 
shall pay any sum on the death of a child under ten years 
(a) This section is founded on 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63, ss. 9, 38; 
hut the limit of annuity is raised from £30 to £50. 
(5) The provisions in this section are in some respects more 
stringent than those of 21 & 22 Vict. c. 101, s. 2. The limits of 
assurance, however, are the same. The certificate of a registrar 
of deaths is substituted for the medical certificate, and more 
effectual provision is made against evasion of the Act. It is also 
.extended to industrial assurance companies, and, on the other 
hand, such companies are relieved from the operation of the 
(Gambling Act. It is to be observed that sect. 28 extends to un 
registered as well as registered societies, and has been so acted 
•upon in cases before the sheriffs of Forfar and Dundee. See 
Report of Assistant Registrar for Scotland for 1875, p. 35.