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47. Notice shall be sent to the Registrar of any proceeding to set aside the dissolution of a society or branch, not less than seven days before it is commenced, by the person taking such proceeding, in the Form No. 42; and of any order setting a dissolution aside, by the society or branch, within seven days after such order is made, in tho Form No. 43. Societies with Branches. Sec. 18. 48. No branch of a society can be registered under this Act which is already registered as a separate society, nor is any such branch to be included in any list of branches under section 18, unless and until its separate registry has been cancelled. 49. When the cancellation of the registry of any branch as a separate society is desired, with a view to its registration as a branch, the application must be made as required by Regulation 37. 50. In registering branch rules the Eegistrar shall see— 1. That the objects of the branch are not other than those, or one or more of those, of the society : 2. That provision is made for the control of the central body of the society over the branch : 8. That there is a separate fund administered by tho branch, or by a committee or officers appointed by tho branch: 4. That the matters specified in Schedule I. to the Act, except as to annual returns to the Registrar, are provided for, so far as the same are applicable to the branch in respect of any separate fund or funds. 51. Branch rules produced with the application for registry of a society with branches must be signed by three members and the secretary of the same. 52. An application to register an amendment of branch rules may be made by an officer of the society, in which case the statutory declaration in support thereof must be made by the secretary of the branch in Form No. 46 annexed hereto ; or by the secretary of the branch, in which case tho statutory declaration must bo made by an officer of the society in Form No. 45. 53. Notice of any change in the place where a branch is established, and of any appointment of a new trustee of a branch, or officer to sue and be sued on behalf of the same, shall be sent by the society to the Registrar within three months after such change of place or appointment, in Forms No. 47 and No. 48 annexed hereto respectively. 54. Notice of the establishment of a new branch under section 18 (2) of the Act shall be in Form No. 44 annexed hereto. 55. The annual returns of a society with branches shall include all branches of the society registered under the Act. The valuation of a society with branches shall include all funds under the control of tho central body of such society. A registered branch shall, in respect of the valuation of any fund or funds administered by itself, or by a committee or officers appointed by itself, be subject to the same obligations, and such branch, its officers or committee, shall bo liable to the same penalties as if it were a registered society. Application of the Act to Industrial Assurance Companies, and to Unregistered Friendly Societies. 56. For the purposes of the Act, so far as its provisions apply to industrial assurance companies or to unregistered friendly societies, the memorandum and articles of association of any industrial assurance company registered under tho Companies Acts, or the instrument constituting any company not so registered, and the rules, laws, or regulations of any unregistered friendly society, shall be deemed to be the rules of such company or society respectively ; the registered office under the Companies Acts, or the principal place of business of such company or society respectively, shall be deemed to be the registered office of the same under the Act; and the directors of any company shall be deemed to be included in the expression " the committee or managers" thereof. Fees. Sec. 40. 57. The following fees shall be payable for matters to be transacted, and the inspection of documents, under this Act:— £ s. a. For the acknowledgment of registry of a speciallyauthorized society .. .. ..100 For the acknowledgment of registry of every amendment of the rules of the same .. .. 010 0 For the registry of a special resolution by any society (to include, in the case of a change of name, the approval of the same) .. .. 0 10 0 For a direction to transfer funds or money .. 10 0 For every appointment of inspectors, or calling of a special meeting by the Registrar .. ..100 For the determination of the Registrar on a dispute, or for his award for dissolution or distribution of funds .. .. .. .. ..100

£ s. d. And if more than one hearing or adjournment become necessary, then £1 more for every hearing after the first, and for every adjournment. For any order of the Registrar dispensing with consents and conditions for amalgamation or transfer of engagements .. .. ..100 For every document (except as after mentioned) required to be signed by the Registrar, or to bear the seal of the Registry Office, not chargeable with any other fee to the Registrar .. ..026 For every inspection on the same day of documents (whether one or more) in the custody of the Registrar relating to one and the same society 0 10 For every copy or extract of any document in the custody of the Registrar, not exceeding 216 words, Is.; and if exceeding that number, 4d. per folio of 72 words (in addition to the fee, if any, for the signature of the Registrar, or seal of the Registry Office). No fee is payable for the registry or recording of— The cancelling or suspension of registry of a society: Any notice of change of office, or of the appointment of trustees: Any notice of the establishment of a branch, or the rules of the same, or any amendment thereof: Any instrument of dissolution, or any amendment therein: Any document or copy of document supplied to a public department: Any document in respect of which a fee is already chargeable under or by virtue of the Act or of any other statute. The Registrar may also dispense with the fee for inspection of documents in cases where he may consider it for the public interest to do so. Seal of Registry Office. Sec. 40. 58. The seal of the Registry Office shall bear the Royal Arms, with the words "Registrar of Friendly Societies" around or above, and the words " New Zealand " below. 59. The seal of the Registry Office shall be deemed a sufficient signature of the Registrar of Friendly Societies, or of the Revising Barrister appointed to certify the rules of Friendly Societies, for the purposes of section 5, subsection (5), of the Act. Modification of Forms. CO. The forms hereto annexed may be modified to suit particular cases, by authority of the Registrar. Limited Special Authorities. Sec. 8. 61. Where a limited application of the provisions of the Act is authorized for any purpose by the Governor, such limitation shall be stated, whether by way of enumeration or exception, in the rules of every society registered for such purpose. 62. The forms annexed to Regulations 1 to 54 may be modified, by authority of the Registrar, to suit any limited application of the provisions of the Act by special authority of the Governor. 63. The acknowledgment of registry of a specially-autho-rized society, where the application of the provisions of the Act is limited, shall be in Form No. 49 hereto annexed. 64. A society may be registered for any of the purposes specified in the Act, conjointly with any specially-authorized purpose. If the special authority is a limited one, such society shall not, in respect of any of its purposes, bo entitled to any of the privileges or exemptions of the Act beyond such as are contained in the provisions specified in the special authority, but shall, notwithstanding anything in such special authority contained, be subject, in respect of any purposes other than those specially authorized, to the same duties and obligations as if it were not a speciallyauthorized society. Valuations. 65. No valuation of the assets and liabilities of a society or branch shall bo deemed to bo a valuation under the Act where the person by whom the same is made has audited the accounts of the society or branch for the year next preceding the date at which the society or branch is valued. 66. The scale of payment to Public Valuers for valuation of societies shall bo as follows :— £ s. d. If the number of members does not exceed 75 .. 4 0 0 If over 75 but not exceeding 100 .. ..500 „ 100 „ „ 150 .. ..700 150 „ „ 200 .. ..900 „ 200 „ „ 250 .. .. 11 0 0 „ 250 „ „ 300 .. .. 12 12 0 „ 300 „ „ 400 .. .. 15 15 0 . 400 „ „ 500 .. .. 18 18 0 . 500 „ „ 600 .. .. 21 0 0 . 600 „ „ 750 .. .. 24 3 0 . 750 „ . 1,000 .. .. 29 8 9