(5.)  Returns  to  be  m  prescribed  form.  —Every  .  annual,
quinquennial,  or  other  return,  abstract  of  valuation,  and
other  document  required  for  the  purposes  of  this  Act  shall
he  made  in  such  form  and  shall  contain  such  particulars  as
the  chief  registrar  prescribes  (c).
(6.)  Recording  of  documents.—All  documents  by  this
section  required  to  be  sent  to  the  registrar  shall  be  deposited
with  the  rules  of  the  societies  to  which  the  same  respectively ­
  relate,  and  shall  be  registered  or  recorded  by  the
registrar,  with  such  observations  thereon,  if  any,  as  the
chief  registrar  shall  direct  (c).
In  what  cases  quinquennial  returns,  cfcc.,  may  be  dispensed ­
  with.—Provided  that  the  chief  registrar,  with  the
approval  of  the  Treasury,  may  dispense  with  the  quinquennial ­
  return  and  with  the  valuation  herein  required  in
respect  of  societies  to  whose  purposes  or  to  the  nature  of
whose  operations  he  may  deem  the  same  inapplicable  ;  and
may  also  dispense  with  the  quinquennial  return  in  cases
where,  at  the  request  of  a  society,  he  may,  by  inspection  of
the  books  thereof  through  any  person  whom  he  appoints,
obtain  such  information  as  he  deems  sufficient  of  the  sickness ­
  and  mortality  experienced  by  the  society  ;  and  the
provisions  herein  contained  in  respect  of  the  quinquennial
return  and  valuation  shall  not  apply  to  benevolent  societies,
working  men’s  clubs,  or  cattle  insurance  societies,  nor  to
specially  authorized  societies,  unless  it  be  so  directed  in
the  authority  for  registering  the  same  (d).
15.  Privileges  of  societies.—Registered  societies  shall  be
entitled  to  the  following  privileges  [which  are  extended  to
branches  by  the  Act  of  1876  where  so  stated]  :—
(1.)  Corresponding  Societies  Acts,  &c.,  not  to  affect  registered
societies  [or  branches'].—No  society  [or  branch]  or  meeting
of  a  society  [or  branch]  shall  be  affected  by  any  of  the  pro-(e)

  These  provisions  are  new.  For  the  form  of  abstract  of
valuation,  see  Appendix.
(d)  These  provisions  are  new.