The Act of 1893 is amended -
(a) in section 4 (amended by section 85(a) of the Act of 2005), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
"(a) No member other than a registered society shall have or claim any interest in the shares of the society exceeding €150,000 or an amount equal to 1 per cent of the total assets of the society, whichever is the greater, except where otherwise specified in the rules of the society, and",
(b) in section 7, by the substitution of the following subsections for subsection (1) (substituted by section 3 of the Industrial and Provident Societies (Amendment) Act 1895):
"(1) If the registrar refuses to register a society, or any rules or amendment of rules of a society, the society may appeal from such refusal to the Circuit Court.
(1A) The jurisdiction conferred on the Circuit Court under subsection (1) may -
(a) as respects a refusal to register the society, be exercised by the judge of the court for the time being assigned to the D
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