INSPECTION.

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answer  any  question  tending  to  criminate  himself,  applies
of  course  to  the  evidence  given  before  him.
Nor  can  he,  it  would  appear,  impound  any  document  or
require  the  same  to  be  delivered  up  to  any  person  or  left  in
his  custody,  or  give  any  order  or  direction  as  to  any  matter
to  be  done  by  the  society,  or  by  individuals,  otherwise  than
for  the  purpose  of  his  examination  into  the  affairs  of  the
society,  and  his  report  thereon.
When  the  examination,  so  far  as  he  is  able  to  make  it,  is
completed,  the  inspector  will  make  his  report  upon  it.
Bearing  in  mind  that  the  chief  or  assistant  registrar  will
have  to  direct  on  whom  the  burthen  of  the  expenses  of  the
inspection  will  fall  (sect.  23,  proviso  c.),  the  inspector  will
specify  in  his  report  as  well  instances  of  misconduct  or
mismanagement  on  the  part  of  the  society  or  its  officers,
which  may  justify  the  inspection  applied  for,  as  any  malpractices ­
  on  the  part  of  the  applicants  which  may  render
it  equitable  to  throw  upon  them  all  or  part  of  its  cost,  and
all  other  matters  that  should  be  considered.
He  will  more  particularly  report  any  acts  or  defaults
coming  within  sect.  14  (3),  sect.  16  (9),  sect.  27,  sect.
28,  sect.  32,  and  sect.  30  if  the  society  is  within  that
section  ;  as  also  when  an  offence  appears  to  have  been
committed,  whether  any  particular  officer  of  the  society
has  rendered  himself  guilty  of  it  within  sect.  14  (4),  or  if
not,  what  members  of  the  committee  of  management  are
exempt  from  liability  for  such  offence  under  the  same  subsection. ­
  Should  any  offence  under  the  Act  appear  to  him
to  have  been  committed  during  the  examination,  he  will
give  specific  details  as  to  the  facts,  in  the  event  of  the
chief  registrar  deeming  it  advisable  that  the  offenders  he
prosecuted.
It  is  needless  to  remind  the  inspectors  that  they  are  to  he
strictly  impartial;  never  to  assume  that  a  violation  of  the
law  has  been  committed  until  it  has  been  proved,  and  that
they  should  be  prepared  to  meet  with  cases  of  frivolous  or
vexatious  applications  for  inspection,  as  well  as  of  real
mismanagement  or  fraud.
J.  M.  Ludlow,
Chief  Registrar.
N.B.—The  amount  deposited  by  the  applicants  is  as  a
rule  expected  to  cover  the  costs  of  the  inspection.  Beyond
the  inspector’s  fees  (which  must  include  his  subsistence),
only  costs  out  of  pocket  for  travelling  expenses  and  hire  of'
room  will  generally  be  allowed.