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39 & 40 Vict. Cap. 45, s. 4. 
“Officer” shall extend to any trustee (a), treasurer, 
secretary, member of the committee, manager, or 
servant, other than a servant appointed by the com 
mittee, of a society : 
“ Meeting ” shall include (where the rules of a society so 
allow) a meeting of delegates appointed by members : 
For Scotland “court of summary jurisdiction” shall 
mean the sheriff court of the county : 
“ County court ” shall mean for Scotland the sheriff 
court of the county, and for Ireland the Civil Bill 
Court; for Scotland, “ administration ” means confir 
mation, and “misdemeanor” a crime and offence : 
“Summary Jurisdiction Acts” shall mean — 
As to England, the Act 11 & 12 Yict. c. 43, and any 
Acts amending the same (b) : 
As to Scotland, the Summary Procedure Act, 1864, 
and any Acts amending the same : 
As to Ireland, within the police district of Dublin 
metropolis, the Acts regulating the powers and 
duties of justices of the peace for such district, and 
of the police of such district; elsewhere in Ireland, 
the “ Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act, 1851,” and any 
Act amending the same : 
“ Gazette ” shall mean the London Gazette for England, 
the Edinburgh Gazette for Scotland, and the Dublin 
Gazette for Ireland. 
4. Repeal of Acts in first schedule.—The Acts set forth in 
the first schedule hereto shall be repealed from the com 
mencement of this Act; but this repeal, or anything herein 
contained, shall not affect the past operation of the said 
Acts, or the force or operation, validity or invalidity, of 
anything done or suffered, or any bond or security given, 
right, title, obligation, or liability accrued, contract entered 
into, or proceedings taken, under any of the said Acts, or 
(a) This word is an unnecessary importation from the Friendly 
Societies Act, 1875. 
(b) The Summary Jurisdiction Aet, 1879 (42 & 43 Yict. c. 49), 
has since been passed.