FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970

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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 76



76.(1) Subject to subsection (2), upon the application of one-tenth of the
whole number of members of a registered society or branch or, in the case of a
society or branch of not less than 1,000 members, of the appropriate number of
those members, the registrar may

(a)appoint an inspector or inspectors to investigate and report on the affairs
of the society or branch; or

(b)call a special meeting of the society or branch.

(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) the appropriate number

(a)is 100 in the case of a society or branch of not less than 1,000 and not
more than 10,000 members; and

(b)is 500 in the case of a society or branch of more than 10,000 members;

(3) An application under this section shall be supported by such evidence for
the purpose of showing that the applicants have good reason for requiring the
investigation or meeting and are not actuated by malicious motives, and such
notice of the application shall be given to the society or branch as
the registrar shall direct.

(4) The registrar may, if he thinks fit, require the applicants to give
security for the costs of the proposed investigation or meeting before
appointing any inspector or calling the meeting.

(5) All expenses of and incidental or preliminary to any such investigation or
meeting shall be defrayed by the members applying for it, or out of the funds
of the society or branch, or by the members or officers, or former members or
officers, of the society or branch in such proportions as the registrar shall
direct.

(6) An inspector appointed under this section may require the production of
all or any of the books and documents of the society or branch, and may
examine on oath its officers, members, agents and servants in relation to its
business, and may for that purpose administer oaths.

(7) The registrar may direct at what time and place a special meeting under
this section is to be held, and what matters are to be discussed and
determined at the meeting; and the meeting shall have all the powers of a
meeting called according to the rules of the society or branch, and shall have
power to appoint its own chairman notwithstanding any rule of the society or
branch to the contrary.

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FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1970 - SECT 76