SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 16 Amendments of 1974 Act

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After section 63 there shall be inserted the following section—

63A Register of members of registered friendly societies.

1

Every registered friendly society shall maintain a register of the names and addresses of the members of the society.

2

The register shall be kept at the registered office of the society or at such other place or places as the committee of management thinks fit.

3

A society need not enter in the register the address of a member who became a member before the commencement of this section while it has no address for him and his whereabouts are unknown.

4

Where it appears to a society that the address shown in the register for a member is no longer current, the society—

a

may remove that address from the register; and

b

need not enter in the register an address for that member while it has no address for him and his whereabouts are unknown.

5

If a society contravenes subsection (1) above, it shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.