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38 & 39 Viot. Cap. 60, s. 16. 
assurance, or separately to tlie like effect, ■which certificate 
shall be received in evidence in all courts and proceedings 
•without further proof, and such registrar, recording officer, 
steward, or keeper of the register is entitled to a fee of two 
shillings and sixpence for making the said entry and grant 
ing the said certificate, and such fee shall in Ireland be paid 
by stamps, and applied as the other fees of the Registry of 
Deeds Office and Record of Title Office are by law directed 
to be paid and applied (c). 
(9.) Punishment of fraud or misappropriation.—It any 
person obtains possession by false representation or imposi 
tion of any property of a society [or branch], or having the 
same in his possession withholds or misapplies the same, or 
wilfully applies any part thereof to purposes other than 
those expressed or directed in the rules of the society [or 
branch], and axrthorized by this Act, he shall, on the com 
plaint of the society [or branch], or of any member autho 
rized by the society [or branch], or the trustees or com 
mittee of management of the same, or by the central office, 
or of the chief registrar or any assistant registrar by his 
authority, be liable on summary conviction to a penalty 
not exceeding twenty pounds and costs, and to be ordered 
to deliver up all such property, or to repay all moneys 
applied improperly, and in default of such delivery or re 
payment, or of the payment of such penalty and costs 
aforesaid, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, 
for any time not exceeding three months; but nothing 
herein contained prevents any such person from being pro 
ceeded against by way of indictment, if not previously con 
victed of the same offence under the provisions of this Act (d). 
(c) See note (5), p. 78, ante. 
(d) This is a re-enactment of sect. 24 of 18 & 19 Viet. c. 63, 
as amended by 23 & 24 Viet. c. 58, s. 9, with the important 
further amendment that the complaining member need not be, as 
heretofore, authorized by a general meeting, but may be autho 
rized by the society, the trustees, or the committee of manage 
ment, or the central office. The form of declaration required by 
the central office before granting an authority is given in the 
Appendix. To render the treasurer of a society liable to the 
penalties imposed by this section, for withholding or misapplying