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38 & 39 Vict. Cap. 60, s. 29. 
•children of any age, where the person insuring has an 
interest in the life of the person insured, or to existing, 
•contracts. 
29. Societies with branches. —The provisions of the present 
section apply only to societies having branches (a). 
(1.) How to be registered.—The application for registry 
■shall be accompanied with— 
(a.) A list of every branch, and of the place wherein the 
same is established; 
{b.) If any branch is to have trustees or officers autho 
rized to sue and be sued on its behalf other than 
the trustees or officers authorized to sue and be 
sued on behalf of the society, a list of the names 
of all such trustees or officers, distinguishing the 
branches for which they are authorized to sue and 
be sued : 
{»■) If the rules of all the branches (herein called branch 
rules) are or are intended to be identical, a state 
ment to that effect, and copies of such rules: 
, («) The provisions of this section are new. By the 49th sec 
tion of 18 & 19 Vict. c. 63, it was provided that the word 
“society” shall extend to and include every branch of a society, 
by whatever name it may he designated. The effect of this pro 
vision was, that every branch had to be registered as a separate 
society. Upon this portion of the Act the chief registrar 
remarks:—“A very important alteration in the law is the ex 
press recognition of societies with branches as registrable units. 
By sect. 4 a branch is defined as any number of the members of 
a society, under the control of a central body, having a separate 
fund administered by themselves, or by a committee of officers 
appointed by themselves—in other words, having some power of 
self-government. On the other hand, in order that a society with 
branches may be entitled to registration as a single society, it 
must have a fund under the control of a central body, to which 
every branch is bound to contribute. If there is no such fund, 
a)l branches must be registered, as heretofore, as separate socie 
ties. Amendments of the rules of affiliated societies, when 
registered under sect. 29, will at once bind all their branches.”