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claiming  through  a  member  or  person  insured,  or  under  the
rules,  such  member  or  person  may,  notwithstanding  any
provisions  of  the  rules  of  such  society  [or  branch]  to  thecontrary,
  apply  to  the  county  court,  or  to  the  court  of  summary ­
  jurisdiction  for  the  place  where  such  member  or  other
person  resides,  and  such  court  may  settle  such  dispute  in
manner  herein  provided.
(11.)  Service  by  post.—In  proving  service  of  any  notice  by
this  section  authorized  to  be  sent  by  post,  it  is  sufficient  to
prove  that  such  notice  was  properly  directed,  and  was  put,
as  a  prepaid  letter,  into  the  post-office  in  such  time  as
to  admit  of  its  being  delivered  in  due  course  of  delivery
within  the  period  (if  any)  prescribed  for  sending  the  same.
(12.)  Offences  under  this  section.—It  shall  be  an  offence
under  this  Act—
(a.)  If  any  collector  of  a  society  [or  branch]  to  which  this
section  applies  becomes  a  member  of  the  committee, ­
  or  holds  any  other  office  in  the  same  (except
as  aforesaid),  or  if  any  member  of  the  committee
of  management  becomes  a  collector,  or  if  any  collector ­
  votes  at  or  takes  part  in  the  proceedings  of
a  general  meeting  :
(!>.)  If  any  person  attempts  to  transfer  a  member  or  person ­
  assured  from  one  society  [or  branch]  to  another
without  such  written  consent  as  herein  mentioned  .-(c.)
  If  a  society  [or  branch]  to  which  a  member  or  person ­
  is  sought  to  be  transferred  fails  to  give  such
notice  as  hereinbefore  required.
(13.)  Provisions  of  present  section  to  be  containedin  rules.—
All  the  provisions  of  the  present  section  apply  to  societies
existing  at  the  commencement  of  this  Act,  and  shall  be
contained  in  the  rules  of  all  future  societies  [and  branches]
to  which  this  section  applies  (a);  and  any  act  or  omission

(a)  As  any  provision  in  the  rules  of  a  society  under  this
section  contrary  to  its  enactments  is  void  (see  sect.  6),  the
societies  should  revise  their  rules,  with  the  view  of  rescinding
any  such  provisions.