Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965
Registered societies
1 Societies which may be registered.
2 Registration of society.
3 Registration to effect incorporation of society with limited liability.
4 Existing societies deemed to be registered.
Name and maximum shareholding
5 Name of society.
6 Maximum shareholding in society.
Operations of registered society
7 Carrying on of banking by societies.
8 Society registered in one area carrying on business in another.
Provisions as to rules
9 Acknowledgment of registration of rules.
10 Amendment of registered rules.
11 Rules as to fund for purchase of government securities.
12 Rules of agricultural, horticultural or forestry society.
13 Supplementary provisions as to rules.
14 Rules to bind members.
15 Provision of copies of rules.
Cancellation, suspension or refusal of registration of society or rules
16 Cancellation of registration of society.
17 Suspension of registration of society.
18 Appeal from refusal, cancellation or suspension of registration of society or rules.
Membership and special provisions affecting members
19 Bodies corporate as members of society.
20 Members under 21.
21 Advances to members.
22 Remedy for debts from members.
23 Nomination to property in society.
24 Proceedings on death of nominator.
25 Provision for intestacy.
26 Payments in respect of mentally incapable persons.
27 Validity of payment to persons apparently entitled.
Contracts, property, etc., of society
28 Promissory notes and bills of exchange.
29 Contracts.
30 Holding of land.
31 Investments.
32 Proxy voting by societies.
33 Discharge of mortgages in England and Wales.
34 Discharge of securities in Scotland.
35 Receipt on payment of moneys secured to a society.
36 Execution of deeds in Scotland.
Accounts, etc.
37, 38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
39 Annual returns.
40 Display of latest balance sheet.
Officers, receivers, etc.
41 Security by officers.
42 Duty of officers of society to account.
43 Duties of receiver or manager of society’s property.
Registers, books, etc.
44 Register of members and officers.
45 Restriction on inspection of books.
46 Inspection of books by members, etc.
47 Inspection of books by order of registrar.
48 Production of documents and provision of information for certain purposes.
49 Appointment of inspectors and calling of special meetings.
Amalgamations, transfers of engagements and conversions
50 Amalgamation of societies.
51 Transfer of engagements between societies.
52 Conversion into, amalgamation with, or transfer of engagements to company.
53 Conversion of company into registered society.
54 Saving for rights of creditors.
Dissolution of society
55 Dissolution of registered society.
56 Power of registrar to petition for winding up.
57 Liability of members in winding up.
58 Instrument of dissolution.
Special restriction on dissolution, etc.
59 Restriction on dissolution or cancellation of registration of society.
Disputes, offences and legal proceedings
60 Decision of disputes.
61 General offences by societies, etc.
62 Offences by societies to be also offences by officers, etc.
63 Continuing offences.
64 Punishment of fraud or misappropriation.
65 Penalty for falsification.
66 Institution of proceedings.
67 Recovery of costs, etc.
68 Service of process.
Miscellaneous and general
69 Remuneration of county court registrars.
70 Fees.
70A Fees for inspection or copying of documents.
71 Regulations.
72 Form, deposit and evidence of documents.
73 Registrars, central office, etc.
74 Interpretation—general.
75 Channel Islands.
76 Northern Ireland societies.
77 Repeals and savings.
78 Short title, extent and commencement.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Matters to be Provided for in Society’s Rules
1The name of the society, which shall comply with the...
2The objects of the society.
3The place which is to be the registered office of...
4The terms of admission of the members, including any society...
5The mode of holding meetings, the scale and right of...
6The appointment and removal of a committee, by whatever name,...
7Determination in accordance with section 6 of this Act of...
8Determination whether the society may contract loans or receive moneys...
9Determination whether the shares or any of them shall be...
10Provision for the audit of accounts by one or more...
11Determination whether and, if so, how members may withdraw from...
12The mode of application of profits of the society.
13Provision for the custody and use of the society’s seal....
14Determination whether and, if so, by what authority, and in...
SCHEDULE 2 Form of Statement by Society Carrying on Banking
1Capital of the society:— (a) nominal amount of each share;...
2Liabilities of the society on 1st January or 1st July...
3Assets of the society on the same date:—
SCHEDULE 3 Form of Receipt on Mortgage, Heritable Security, Etc.
Part I
Forms applicable in England and Wales
Part II
Forms applicable in Scotland
SCHEDULE 4 Forms of Bond for Officers of Society
Part I
Forms applicable in England, Wales and the Channel Islands
Part II
Form applicable in Scotland
SCHEDULE 5

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Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965

1965 CHAPTER 12

An Act to consolidate certain enactments relating to industrial and provident societies, being those enactments as they apply in Great Britain and the Channel Islands with corrections and improvements made under the Consolidation of Enactments (Procedure) Act 1949.