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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - LONG TITLE

An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Friendly and other
Societies.
[7th August 1896]
The provisions of the Act which had not already been repealed were
repealed by the Friendly Societies Act (NI) 1970 (c.31) except in
so far as they relate to trade unions see (1876 c.22 s.2). The
provisions which so relate are set out below; they now apply only
to insurances where the life assured at the time of the proposal
was ordinarily resident outside the United Kingdom or the Isle of
Man.

Limitation of amount payable.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 62

62. A society or branch, whether registered or unregistered, shall
not insure or pay on the death of a child under five years of
age any sum of money which, added to any amount payable on the
death of that child by any other society or branch, exceeds six
pounds, or on the death of a child under ten years of age any
sum of money which, added to any amount payable on the death of
that child by any other society or branch, exceeds ten pounds.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 63
Person to whom payment may be made.

63. A society or branch, whether registered or unregistered, shall
not pay any sum on the death of a child under ten years of age
except ... upon the production ... of a certificate of death issued
by the registrar of deaths, or other person having the care of the
register of deaths, containing the particulars mentioned in this Act.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 64
Particulars of certificates.

64.(1) Where application is made for a certificate of the death of
a child for the purpose of obtaining a sum of money from a
society or branch, the name of the society or branch, and the sum
sought to be obtained therefrom shall be stated to the registrar of
deaths.

(2) The registrar of deaths shall write on or at the foot of the
certificate the words "to be produced to the society or branch
(naming the same) said to be liable for payment of the sum of #
(stating the same)."

(3) All certificates of the same death shall be numbered in
consecutive order.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 65
Cases in which certificates may be given.

65.(1) A registrar of deaths shall not give any one or more
certificates of death for the payment in the whole of any sum of
money exceeding six pounds on the death of a child under [three
years], or for the payment in the whole of a sum exceeding ten
pounds on the death of a child under [six years]/[or for the
payment in the whole of a sum exceeding fifteen pounds on the
death of a child under ten years].

(2) A registrar of deaths shall not grant any such certificate
unless the cause of death has been previously entered in the
register of deaths on the certificate of a coroner or of a
registered medical practitioner who attended the deceased child during
its last illness, or except upon the production of a certificate of
the probable cause of death under the hand of a registered medical
practitioner, or of other satisfactory evidence thereof.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 66
Inquiries by societies.

66. A society or branch, whether registered or unregistered, to
which is produced a certificate of the death of a child which does
not purport to be the first shall, before paying any money thereon,
inquire whether any and what sums of money have been paid on the
same death by any other society or branch.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 67
Saving as to insurable interests, &c.

67. Nothing in this Act respecting payments on the death of
children shall apply to insurances on the lives of children of any
age, where the person insuring has an interest in the life of the
person insured.

Offences.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 84

84. It shall be an offence under this Act if

(a)a registered society or branch or an officer or member thereof
fails to give any notice, send any return or document, do or allow
to be done anything which the society, branch, officer, or person
is by this Act required to give, send, do, or allow to be done:
or

(b)a registered society or branch or an officer or member thereof
wilfully neglects or refuses to do any act or to furnish any
information required for the purposes of this Act by the chief or
other registrar or by any other person authorised under this Act,
or does anything forbidden by this Act: or

(c)a registered society or branch or an officer or member thereof
makes a return or wilfully furnishes information in any respect
false or insufficient: or

(f)a society or branch whether registered or unregistered pays money
on the death of a child under ten years of age otherwise than is
provided by this Act: or

(g)a parent or personal representative of a parent claiming money on
the death of a child produces a certificate of the death other
than is in this Act provided to the society or branch from which
the money is claimed, or produces a false certificate, or one
fraudulently obtained, or in any way attempts to defeat the
provisions of this Act with respect to payments upon the death of
children.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 89
Fine for ordinary offences.

89. A society or branch, and an officer or member of a society or
branch, or other person guilty of an offence under this Act for
which a fine is not expressly provided shall be liable to a fine
of not more than [#10].

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 91
Recovery of fines.

91.(1) A fine imposed by this Act, or by any regulations
thereunder, or by the rules of a registered society or branch,
shall be recoverable in a court of summary jurisdiction.

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT 1896 - SECT 109
Short title.

109. This Act may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act 1896.