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MODEL RULES 
■office act under the superintendence, control, and directions 
-of the said connnittee. 
16.—Annual Returns. 
Every year before the 1st June, the committee of 
management shall cause the secretary to send to the regis 
trar the annual return, in the form prescribed by the chief 
registrar of friendly societies, required by the Industrial 
and Provident Societies Act, 1876, of the receipts and 
•expenditure, funds and effects of the society, and of the 
number of members of the same up to the 31st December 
then last inclusively, as audited and laid before a general 
meeting, showing separately the expenditure in respect of 
the several objects of the society, together with a copy of 
•the auditor’s report, if any. 
Such return shall state whether the audit has been con 
ducted by a public auditor appointed under the Industrial 
and Provident Societies Act, 1876, and by whom ; and if 
such audit has been conducted by any persons other than 
a public auditor, shall state the name, address, and calling 
■or profession of each of such persons, and the manner in 
which, and the authority under which, they were respec 
tively appointed.—Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 
1876, s. 10. (1 A.) 
17.—Copies of Rules, 
It shall be the duty of the committee of management to 
provide the secretary with a sufficient number of copies of 
the rules, to enable him to deliver to any person on 
demand a copy of such rules on payment of a sum not 
exceeding Is. [(«) for non-members, and 6d. for members], 
and of the secretary to deliver such copies accordingly.— 
Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1876, s. 9. (5.) 
18.—Seal. 
The common seal shall not be affixed to any document 
■except by order of the committee, entered upon their 
minutes ; it shall be applied in the presence of two of 
(a) If no distinction is intended, the words in brackets may 
be omitted. Any other figures not exceeding Is. may be in 
serted.