AN ACT to apply out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund and from Moneys to Credit of the General Loan Fund the sum of One Million Pounds to the Service of the Year ending 30th June, 1904. [Assented to 25th July, 1903.] MOST GRACIOUS SOVEREIGN, WE E, Your Majesty's Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects, the Preamble. Members of the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in Parliament assembled, towards making good the Supply which we have cheerfully granted to Your Majesty in this Session of Parliament, have resolved to grant unto Your Majesty the Sum hereinafter mentioned; and do, therefore, most humbly beseech Your Majesty that it may be enacted: And be it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent Issue and applica consent of the Legislative Council and the Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: 1. THERE shall and may be issued and applied for or towards tion of £1,000,000. making good the supply granted to His Majesty for the Service of the year from 1st July, 1903, to 30th June, 1904, the sum of Five. Hundred Thousand Pounds out of the Consolidated Revenue Fund, and Five Hundred Thousand Pounds from moneys to credit of the General Loan Fund; and the Treasurer of Western Australia is hereby authorised and empowered to issue and apply the moneys authorised to be issued and applied. Sums available for purposes voted by the Legislative Assembly. 2. THE said sums shall be available to satisfy the warrants under the hand of the Governor, under the provisions of the law now in force, in respect of any Services voted by the Legislative Assembly during the financial year ending 30th June, 1904. By Authority: WM. ALFRED WATSON, Government Printer, Perth. AN ACT to provide for the Incorporation and [Assented to 8th September, 1903.] E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: Preliminary. 1. THIS Act may be cited as the Co-operative and Provident Short title and Societies Act, 1903, and shall come into operation on the first day commencement. of January, One thousand nine hundred and four. 2. IN this Act, if not inconsistent with the context, the follow- Interpretation. ing terms shall have the meanings hereinafter respectively assigned to them: "Amendment of a rule" includes a new rule and a resolution rescinding a rule: "Committee' 99 "Committee" means the Committee of Management or other directing body of a society: "Land" includes hereditaments and chattels real: 66 Meeting" includes (when the rules of a society so allow) a meeting of delegates appointed by members: “Office” means the registered office for the time being of a society: "Officer" extends to any trustee, treasurer, secretary, member of the committee, manager, or servant, other than a servant appointed by the committee, of a society: "Persons claiming through a member" includes the executors, administrators, and assigns of a member, and also his nominees where nomination is allowed: "Property" includes all real and personal estate (including books and papers): "Registered society" means a society registered or deemed to be registered under this Act: "Rules" mean the registered rules for the time being, and shall include any registered amendment of rules: "The Minister" means the responsible Minister of the Crown administering this Act for the time being. "The Registrar" means the Registrar of Friendly Societies appointed under the Friendly Societies Act, 1894. Societies which may be registered. Conditions of registration. Registration of Societies. 3. (1.) A SOCIETY which may be registered under this Act as a co-operative and provident society is a society for carrying on any lawful industries, businesses, or trades specified in or authorised by its rules, whether wholesale or retail, and including dealings of any description with land; but no member shall have or claim any interest in the shares of the society exceeding two hundred pounds. (2.) No registered society shall carry on the business of banking. 4. WITH respect to the registry of societies, the following provisions shall have effect: (1.) No society shall be registered which does not consist of seven persons at least. (2.) (2.) For the purpose of registry, an application to register the (5.) On the lodgment with the Registrar of any application to a fee of two pounds. 5. THE Registrar, on being satisfied that a society has complied Acknowledgment of with the provisions as to registry in force under this Act, shall issue registry. to such society an acknowledgment of registry. 6. (1.) IF the Registrar refuses to register the society or any Appeal from refusal rules, or amendments of rules, the society may appeal from such to register. refusal to the Supreme Court. 2.) If the refusal of registry is overruled on appeal, an acknowledgment of registry shall thereupon be given to the society by the Registrar. 7. THE acknowledgment of registry shall be conclusive evidence Evidence of that the society therein mentioned is duly registered, unless it is registration. proved that the registry of the society has been suspended or cancelled. Cancellation and Suspension of Registry. 8. (1.) THE Registrar may, with the approval of the Minister, Cancelling. cancel the registry of a society (a.) At the request of a society; or (b.) On proof to his satisfaction that (i.) An acknowledgment of registry has been ob tained by fraud or mistake; or (ii.) The society exists for an illegal purpose; or (iii.) The society has, after notice from the Registrar, (iv.) |