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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 61

Validity of payments under s.58.

61.(1) Subject to the following provisions of this section, a
registered society or branch shall not insure so as to render any sum payable
under the insurance on the death of any person at any time before he or she
attains the age of ten, otherwise than by way of repayment of the whole or any
part of the premiums paid.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a sum payable to another person who has
an interest in the life of the person on whose death the sum is payable.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) apply to an unregistered society or branch as they
apply to a registered society or branch.

(4) Subject to the provisions of any [order under Article 52 of the Industrial
Assurance (Northern Ireland) Order 1979] (which confers power to extend the
application of this section and of certain provisions of that Act originally
limited to persons resident in Northern Ireland), subsection (1) applies only
in the case of a person who, at the time of the proposal, is ordinarily
resident in the United Kingdom or the Isle of Man.

(5) Any society or branch which insures in contravention of subsection (1)
shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not
exceeding #50.

(6) If 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 the payment upon the death
of children, he shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction
to a fine not exceeding #10.

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