Friendly Societies Acts Amendment Act of 1947 (11 Geo Vi No. 31) (Qld)

SOCIETIES. 11 GEn. YI. No. 31,1947. Friendly Societies Acts Amendment Act. 291 SOCIETIES. (1) ·Priendly Societies Acts Amendment Act of 1947 (2) Friendly Societies Acts Amendment Act of 1948 11 Geo. VI. No in. 12 Geo. VI. No. 1:3 An Act to Amend "The Friendly Societies Acts, 11 N G o E . O 3 . 1. VI. 1913 to 1943," in certain particulars. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES ACTS AMENDMENT [ASSENTED TO 24TH NOVEMBER, 1947.J ACT OF' 1947. B E it enacted by the King's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legis- lative Assembly of Queenslandin Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:- 1. This Act may be cited as " The Friendly Societies Short title Acts Amendment Act of 1947," and shall be read as one and t . t' with *" The Friendly Societies Acts, 1913 to 1943," herein cons rue IOn. referred to as the Principal Act. The Principal Act and this Act may collectively ~ ollective be cited as " The Friendly Societies Acts, 1913 to 1947." tItle. 2 Paragraph (a) of the proviso to section eight of Amendment the Principal Act is repealed and the following paragraph ofs. 8. is inserted in lieu thereof, namely : - " (a) No friendly society or branch can be regis- tered which contracts with any person for the assurance of an annuity exceeding one hundred and four pounds per annum, or of a' gross sum exceeding five hundred pounds, or of a periodical payment other than an annuity at a rate exceeding four pounds per week." 3. The first paragraph of rule twenty-nine of the Amendment rules in the Second Schedule to the Principal Act is of Sch. II. repealed and the following paragraph is inserted in lieu thereof, namely :- "No member of a friendly society or person claiming through a member is entitled to receive more than five hundred pounds by way of gross SUIU, together with any bonuses or additions declared upon assurances not exceeding that amount, or one hundred and four pounds a year by way of annuity from anyone or more such societies or branches, or four pounds per week by way of allowance from any one or more such societies or branches." * 4 G. 5 No. 13 and amending Acts.