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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Published date: 12 September 1893

Industrial and Provident Societies Act, 1893 (No. 39)

Consolidation Status: Updated to reflect all known changes
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Introductory Text
Preliminary (ss. 1-3)
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 1. Short title of Act.
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 2. Extent of Act.
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 3. Existing societies.
Registration of Societies (ss. 4-8)
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 4. Societies which may be registered.
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 5. Conditions of registration.
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 6. Acknowledgment of registry.
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 7. Appeals from refusal to register.
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 8. Effect of acknowledgment of registry.
Cancelling and Suspension of Registry (s. 9)
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 9. Cancelling and suspension of registry.
Rules (s. 10)
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 10. Rules and amendments.
Duties of Registered Societies (ss. 11-16)
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 11. Registered office.
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 12. Publication of name.
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 13. Audit.
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 14. Annual returns.
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 14A. Extension of interim period
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 14B. General meetings during interim period
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 15. Supply of copies of annual returns.
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 16. Copy of last balance sheet.
Inspection of Books (ss. 17-18)
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 17. Inspection of books by members
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 17A. Inspection of books by non-members
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 18. Inspection of books by order of registrar.
Banking by Societies (s. 19)
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 19. Conditions of banking by societies.
Returns and Documents (s. 20)
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 20. Form and deposit of documents.
Privileges of Societies (ss. 21-35)
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 21. Incorporation of society with limited liability.
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 22. Rules to bind members.
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 23. Remedy for debts from members.
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 24. Exemption from income tax.
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 25. Power of nomination for sums not exceeding €15,000.
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 26. Proceedings on the death of a nominator.
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 27. Provisions for intestacy.
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 28. Probate duty to be paid where the whole estate exceeds one hundred pounds.
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 29. Power to deal with the property of insane or lunatic members.
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 30. Payments to persons apparently entitled valid.
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 31. Transfer of stock standing in name of trustee.
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 32. Membership of minors.
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 33. Promissory notes and bills of exchange.
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 34. Register of members or shares.
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 35. Contracts how made, varied, or discharged.
Property and Funds of Registered Society (ss. 36-42)
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 36. Holding of land.
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 37. Provision as to copyholds.
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 38. Investments by societies.
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 39. Power to invest in savings banks.
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 40. Advances to members.
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 41. Societies members of other bodies corporate may vote by proxy.
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 42. Any body corporate may hold shares in a society.
Discharge of Mortgages by Receipt endorsed (ss. 43-46)
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 43. Discharge of mortgages by receipt endorsed.
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 44. Discharge of mortgages in Scotland.
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 45. Receipt in case of society in liquidation.
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 46. Execution of deeds.
Officers in receipt or charge of Money (ss. 47-48)
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 47. Security by officers.
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 48. Accounts of officers.
Disputes (s. 49)
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 49. Decision of disputes.
Inspection of Affairs (s. 50)
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 50. Power to appoint inspectors.
Change of Name: Amalgamation: Conversion (ss. 51-57)
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 51. Meaning of special resolution.
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 51A.
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 52. Power to change name.
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 53. Amalgamation and transfer of engagements.
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 54. Conversion of society into company.
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 55. Conversion of company into society.
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 56. Registration of special resolutions.
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 57. Saving for rights of creditors.
Dissolution of Societies (ss. 58-61)
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 58. Provision as to dissolution of societies.
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 59. Transfer of winding up from county court.
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 60. Liability of members in winding up.
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 61. Provision as to instrument of dissolution.
Offences, Penalties, and Legal Proceedings (ss. 62-70)
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 62. Offence by societies.
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 63. Offences by societies to be also offences by officers, &c.
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 64. Punishment of fraud or misappropriation.
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 65. Penalty for falsification.
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 66. Penalty for not using name of society.
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 67. Delivery of untrue rules.
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 68. Penalties for ordinary offences.
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 69. Recovery of penalties.
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 70. Appeals from summary decisions.
Supplemental (ss. 71-80)
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 71. Remuneration of county court officers.
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 72. Public auditors.
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 73. Fees.
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 74. Regulations for carrying out Act.
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 75. Evidence of documents.
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 76. Duties of the registrars.
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 77. Application of Act to Channel Islands.
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 78. Payment to representatives of deceased members in the Channel Islands.
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 79. Definitions.
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 80. Repeal.
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 Schedule I Enactments repealed
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 Schedule II Matters to be provided for by the Rules of Societies registered under this Act
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 Schedule III Form of Statement to be made out by a Society carrying on the Business of Banking
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 Schedule IV Acknowledgment of Registry or Society
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