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MODEL BRANCH RULES. 
(5.) Fines and forfeitures to be imposed on members.—(a) 
III.—Contribution to Central Fund, and Control of Central 
Body. 
(1.) Contribution to the fund under the control of the central 
body; Friendly Societies Act, 1875, s. 29 (2).—This branch 
shall contribute [through the district] the sum of 
to the fund under the control of the central hotly 
of the Order. 
(2.) Control of the central body over this branch; Friendly 
Societies Act, 1875, s. 4.—In all matters not provided for 
by the rales of the branch [and of the district], the branch 
shall be under the control of the central body of the Order, 
subject to the rules of the Order. 
IV.—Meetings. Right of Voting. (b) 
V.—New Rules and Alteration of Rules. 
No new rule shall be made, nor any of the rules herein 
contained or hereafter to be made shall be amended, altered 
or rescinded, unless with the consent of a majority of the 
members present at a general meeting of the branch 
specially called for that purpose. 
(a) Here is to be stated the amount of every fine, the cause 
for which it is to be inflicted, and the authority empowered to 
inflict it. A rule which imposes a fine or forfeiture not of a 
fixed or limited amonnt is not in accordance with the Act. 
\ (b) Here should be stated how often, when and where, meet 
ings are to be held; what notice is to be given of them; by 
whose authority and how meetings are to be specially called, and 
upon what requisition: whether any and what number of mem 
bers is necessary to constitute a quorum, either generally or in 
any particular cases; who is to take the chair; what are the 
qualifications of voters; whether votes may be given by proxy, 
and how questions on which there is an equality of votes are to 
be decided.