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31. Every application to register a special resolu- the society is situated, wherein it is desired that tion for the amalgamation of societies must be made notice of the award shall be published, and with it by each of the societies in duplicate in Form No. 25 shall be sent the sum requisite to defray the expenses annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Eegis- of such publication, and the further sum requisite for trar accompanied by statutory declarations from the like publication in the Gazette. officers of each society in Form No. 24-. No acknow- 44. The notice of investigation shall be in Form ledgmeut of registry shall be given to cither society ' No. 38 hereto annexed, and the award in Form until special resolutions in the like terms have been i No. 39. submitted for registry by the other or others. 45. The award of the Eegistrar for distribution of 32. Every application to register a special resolu- funds shall be in Form No. 40 hereto annexed. tion for the transfer of the engagements of a society 46. The notice of dissolution by award shall be in to another must be in duplicate in Form No. 26 Form No. 41 hereto annexed. annexed hereto, and must be sent to the Eegistrar 47. Notice shall be sent to the Eegistrar of any accompanied by statutory declarations iv Forms No. proceeding to set aside the dissolution of a society 21 and No. 27. or branch, not less than seven days before it is com--33. Every application to register a special resolu- meuced, by the person takiug such proceeding, iv the tion for converting a society into a company must be Form No. 42 ; and of any order setting a dissolution in duplicate in Form No. 28 annexed hereto, aud must aside, by the society or branch, within seven days be sent to the Eegistrar accompanied by a statutory after such order is made, in the Form No. 43. declaration in Form No. 24. „ . ~ ... _ . 34. An application for registry of a special resolu- Societies tcith Branches. tion for amalgamation with a company, or for transfer 48- No branch of a society can be registered under of engagements to a company, shall be in duplicate tnls Act wlllch ls already registered as a separate in Form No. 25 or No. 26, as the case may be, with society, nor is any such branch to be included m any the necessary modifications to suit the facts, and shall llst of branches under section 30, unless and until be accompanied by statutory declarations in Forms lts separate registry has been cancelled. No. 24 and No. 29. When the cancellation of the registry of any 35. A special resolution shall be registered by branch as a separate society is desired, with a view writing at the foot or end of each copy of the same to lts registration as a branch, the application must the word "registered," and by affixing to the same be made as required by Eegulation 37. the seal or stamp of the Eegistrar. 50- In registering branch rules the Eegistrar shall 36. Where the special resolution is for conversion see into, amalgamation with, or transfer of all the en- l- That tlie objects of the branch are not gagements of a society to a company, the following °tlier tl,an those. or one or more of those, of the words shall be added : " The registry of the Society . Society is hereby cancelled [or directed to be can- 2- That provision is made for the control of celled"!. central body of the society over the branch: Eegistrar. That there is a separate fund administered by the branch, or by a committee or officers Conversion of Registered Societies into Branches. appointed by the branch : „_ _, .. ~ . . . 4. The matters specified in Schedule 11. to the 37 -Every application to register a society as a Actj c tas to annual and quinquennial branch shall be made in the Jborm No. 30 hereto returns to the Registrar, are provided for, so far annexed, and shall be accompanied by a statutory de- as t he same are applicable to the branch in claration in lorm No. 31 hereto annexed, made and respect of any separate fund or funds, signed by the chairman of the meeting at which the 51 Branc]l rules produced with the application for resolution for conversion was passed, and by the re gi st ry of a society with branches must be si _ed secretary of the society. b three mem bers and the secretary of the same. 38. The notice of cancellation of the registry of 52 . A n application to register an amendment of the society, and of its registration as a branch, shall brauc h ru les may bo made by an officer of the be in Form No. 32 hereto annexed. societ _ ( in which cage the sta t u tory declaration in Dissolution support thereof must be made by the secretary of the branch in Form No. 46 annexed hereto ; or by the 39. The instrument of dissolution shall be in Form secretary of the branch, in which case the statutory No. 33 hereto annexed, and shall be signed in dupli- declaration must be made by an officer of the society cate and accompanied by a statutory declaration in in Form No. 45. Form No. 34 hereto annexed, and by a statement 53. Notice of any change in the place where a naming some newspaper circulating in the city, town, branch is established, and of any appointment of a or place in which the registered office of the society new trustee of a branch, or officer to sue and be is situated, wherein it is desired that notice of the sued on behalf of the same, shall be sent by the dissolution shall be published, and by the sum society to tho Eegistrar within three months after requisite to defray the expenses of such publication, such change of place or appointment, in Forms No. 47 and by the further sum requisite for the like publi- and No. 48 annexed hereto respectively, cation in the Gazette. 54. Notice of the establishment of a new branch 40. The Eegistrar shall return one of tho dupli- under section 30 (3) of the Act shall be in Form cates to the society with an acknowledgment of No. 44 annexed hereto. registry in Form No. 35 hereto annexed. 55. The annual and quinquennial returns of a 41. Alterations in the instrument of dissolution society with branches shall include all branches of shall be signed, declared to, and registered in like the society registered under the Act. manner. The valuation of a society with branches shall in--42. The advertisement of dissolution by instrument elude all funds under the control of the central body shall be in Form No. 36 hereto annexed. of such society. 43. Every application for dissolution by award of A registered branch shall, in respect of the valuathe Registrar shall be iv Form No. 37 hereto annexed, tion of any fund or funds administered by itself, or and shall name some newspaper circulating in the by a committee or officers appointed by itself, be city, town, or place in which the registered office of subject to the same obligations, and such branch,