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39 & 40 Vict. Cap. 45, s. 26.
Orders in Council now in force witliin the baili
wick, hut that the decision of the royal court
when sitting in a hody as a court of appeal shall
he final:
•(b.) When any sum of money becomes payable on the
death of a member, such sum of money shall, in
default of any direction or nomination such as is
contemplated by this Act, be paid to the deceased
member’s legal representative, according to the
law of Guernsey :
(c.) All industrial and provident societies within the
bailiwick shall be authorized to invest any part of
their funds in the state bonds either of Guernsey
or Alderney :
(d.) The term “the Companies Act” shall mean the law
for the time being in force in the said bailiwick
for the regulation and winding up of companies :
(e.) All offences and penalties under this Act shall be
prosecuted and recovered summarily before the
court of primary jurisdiction at the suit or instance
of the law officers of the Crown or of a constable
of a parish : .
{/.) All penalties recovered under this Act shall be paid
to the Receiver General, to be by him carried to
the account of the Crown revenue (a).
(a) This section is new, and is adopted from section 41 of the
Friendly Societies Act, 1875. See p. 116, ante.