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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 57

1970 c.10

57.(1) Subject to subsection (2) of section 56, on receiving satisfactory
proof of the death of a nominator, the society or branch shall pay to his
nominee or nominees the amount due to the deceased or such smaller amount as
may have been nominated.

(2) The receipt of a nominee over the age of sixteen for any amount paid in
accordance with this section shall be valid.

(3) Where any sum falls to be paid under subsection (1) to a nominee who is
under the age of sixteen, the society or branch may pay that sum to either
parent, or to a guardian, of the nominee or to any other person of full age
who will undertake to hold it on trust for the nominee or to apply it for his
benefit and whom the society or branch may think a fit and proper person for
the purpose, and the receipt of that parent, guardian or other person shall be
a sufficient discharge to the society or branch for all moneys so paid.

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