Section 19: Bodies corporate as members of society.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 · 1965 c.12

This provision is repealed

It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2014-08-01 by Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.
The text below is from the dated revised snapshot immediately preceding this status change. It is historical and is not current law. View the historical source.

19(1)

Shares in a registered society may be held by any other body corporate (if that body’s regulations so permit) by its corporate name.

19(2)

Where a registered society is a member of another registered society, then, for the purposes of any enactment with respect to the making or signing of any application, instrument or document by members of a registered society, any reference therein to such a member shall, in relation to the first-mentioned society as a member of the second-mentioned society, be construed as a reference to two members of the committee and the secretary of the society.

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