THE  LAW  OF  FRIENDLY  SOCIETIES.

PART  I.
REGISTERED  FRIENDLY  SOCIETIES.

The  Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875.

38  &  39  YICT.  Cap.  60.
An  Act  to  consolidate  and  amend  the  Law  relating  to
Friendly  and  other  Societies.
[11th  August  1875.]
[As  amended  by  the  Act  of  1876,  and  explained  by  the  Act
of  1879.]
Whereas  it  is  expedient  to  consolidate  and  amend  the  lawrelating
  to  friendly  and  certain  other  societies  :
Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Queen’s  most  Excellent  Majesty,  by
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Lords  spiritual  and
temporal,  and  Commons,  in  this  present  Parliament  assembled, ­
  and  by  the  authority  of  the  same  as  follows  :—
1.  Short  title  of  Act.—This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the
Friendly  Societies  Act,  1875.
2.  Commencement  of  Act.—This  Act  shall  come  into
operation  as  to  sections  ten,  thirty-seven,  and  thirty-eight
on  the  passing  of  the  Act,  and  as  to  the  remainder  of  the
Act  on  the  first  day  of  January  one  thousand  eight  hundred
and  seventy-six,  which  day  is  hereinafter  referred  to  as  the
commencement  of  this  Act.