(1) In favour of a person dealing with a registered society in good faith, the power of the committee to bind the society (or to authorise others to do so) is treated as free of any limitation under the society's registered rules.
(2) For this purpose -
(a) a person "deals with" a society if the person is a party to any transaction or other act to which the society is a party,
(b) a person is not regarded as acting in bad faith by reason only of knowing that an act is beyond the powers of the committee under the society's registered rules, and
(c) a person is presumed to have acted in good faith unless the contrary is proved.
(3) The references above to limitations on the powers of the committee under the society's registered rules include limitations deriving -
(a) from a resolution of the society in general meeting or a meeting of any class of members, or
(b) from any agreement between the members of the society or of any class of members.
(4) Subsection (1) does not affect any right
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