39  &  40  Yict.  Cap.  45,  ss.  25,  26.

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or  any  inspector  or  public  auditor  under  this  Act,  shall,  in
the  absence  of  any  evidence  to  the  contrary  he  received  in
evidence  without  proof  of  the  signature  (5).
25.  Duties  of  the  registrars.—Sub-sections  six,  seven,  eight,,
and  nine  of  the  Friendly  Societies  Act,  section  ten,  relating
to  the  duties  of  the  chief  registrar  and  assistant  registrars,
shall,  so  far  as  the  same  are  applicable  to  industrial  and
provident  societies,  he  deemed  to  he  incorporated  with  this
Act  (c).
26.  Application  of  Act  to  Channel  Islands.—With  respect ­
  to  the  Channel  Islands  this  Act  shall  he  varied  as
follows  :
1.  As  respects  the  island  of  Jersey,  the  following  provisions ­
  shall  have  effect:
(a.)  The  term  “  county  court  ”  shall  mean  the  court  for
the  recovery  of  petty  debts,  in  all  cases  in  which
the  claim  or  demand  shall  not  exceed  the  sum  of
ten  pounds  sterling,  and  in  all  other  cases  the
inferior  number  of  the  royal  court  of  the  said
island,  composed  of  the  bailiff  and  two  jurats  of
the  said  court  :
(b.)  The  term  “court  of  summary  jurisdiction”  shall
have  in  civil  cases  the  same  meaning  as  the  term
county  court:
( c 0  All  misdemeanors  under  this  Act  shall  he  prosecuted,
tried,  and  punished  in  the  form  and  manner
prescribed  by  the  law  and  custom  of  the  said
island  with  respect  to  crimes  and  offences  (crimes
et  delits~)  :
(d.)  All  other  offences  and  all  penalties  under  this  Act
shall  be  prosecuted  and  recovered  summarily  before ­
  the  magistrate  of  the  court  for  the  repression
of  minor  offences,  in  all  cases  of  his  competency,
at  the  suit  or  instance  of  the  bailiff  of  the  parish
in  which  the  offence  or  other  unlawful  act  shall

(b)  See  note  (b),  p.  181,  ante.
(c)  See  pp.  56—58,  ante.