.278
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 registrar
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 conducted
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 respectively
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 inserted.
