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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 15 November 1978 - onwards

8. Prohibition on certain advertising by societies.

(1) A society shall not advertise for the purpose of raising funds or of accepting deposits except under and in accordance with the written permission of the Registrar.

(2) A permission under this section may be given if, after consultation with the Central Bank, the Registrar is satisfied that it is in the interests of the public or of creditors of the society to give the permission.

(3)

(a) A permission under this section may relate to a specified class or classes of society denoted by reference to such matters as the Registrar thinks fit, and shall relate to such a period as is specified in the permission.

(b) A permission under this section may be given subject to the condition (specified in the permission) that the society concerned complies with any direction given to it by the Registrar relating to the extent, matter and form of advertising by the society, denoted by reference to such matters as the Registrar thinks fit.