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title: "Friendly Societies Act 1896"
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# Friendly Societies Act 1896

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Friendly Societies Act 1896
1896 c. 25
An Act to consolidate the Law relating to Friendly and other Societies.
[7th August 1896]

## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-121.}



## 22 Contributions from one society to another. {#section-22}

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2325.}



## 26 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-26}



## 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-2742.}



## 43 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-43}



## 44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-4451.}



## 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-52}



## 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-5358.}



## 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-59}



## 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-6061.}



## 62 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-62}



## 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-63}



## 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-64}



## 65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-65}



## 66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-66}



## 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-67}



## 68 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-68106.}



## 107 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-107}



## 108 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-108}



## 109 Short title. {#section-109}

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

## FIRST AND SECOND SCHEDULES. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-1}



## THIRD SCHEDULE. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#schedule-2}