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Section 61: General offences by societies, etc.

Industrial and Provident Societies Act 1965 · 1965 c. 12View on legislation.gov.uk

This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.

REPEALED on 2014-08-01 by Community Benefit Societies Act 2014.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.

If any registered society, or any officer or member thereof, or any other person—

fails to give any notice, send any return or other document, do anything or allow anything to be done which that society, officer, member or other person is by this Act required to give, send, do or allow to be done, as the case may be; or
wilfully neglects or refuses to do any act, or to furnish any information, required for the purposes of this Act by the FCA or the PRA. . . or by any other person authorised under this Act, or does anything forbidden by this Act; or
makes a return required by this Act, or wilfully furnishes information so required, which is in any respect false or insufficient,

that society, officer, member or other person, as the case may be, shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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