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Inspectors and special meetings.
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76.—(1) Upon the application—
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(a) of one fifth of the whole number of members of a registered society; or
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(b) in the case of a registered society of one thousand members and not exceeding ten thousand, of one hundred members; or
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(c) in the case of a registered society of more than ten thousand members, of five hundred members,
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the chief registrar, or in cases of societies registered and doing business exclusively in Scotland or in Ireland the assistant registrars for Scotland and Ireland respectively, but with the consent of the Treasury in every case, may—
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(a) appoint an inspector or inspectors to examine into and report on the affairs of the society; or
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(b) call a special meeting of the society.
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(2) The application under this section shall be supported by such evidence, for the purpose of showing that the applicants have good reason for requiring an inspection to be made or meeting to be called, and that they are not actuated by malicious motives in their application, and such notice thereof shall be given to the society, as the chief registrar directs.
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(3) The chief or assistant registrar may, if he thinks fit, require the applicants to give security for the costs of the proposed inspection or meeting, before appointing any inspector or calling the meeting.
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(4) All expenses of and incidental [1
or preliminary] to any such inspection or meeting shall be defrayed by the members applying therefor or out of the funds of the society, or by the members or officers, or former members or officers, of the society in such proportions as the chief or assistant registrar directs.
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(5) An inspector appointed under this section may require the production of all or any of the books and documents of the society, and may examine on oath its officers, members, agents, and servants in relation to its business, and may administer such oath accordingly.
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(6) The chief or assistant registrar may direct at what time and place a special meeting under this section is to be held and what matters are to be discussed and determined at that meeting, and the meeting shall have all the powers of a meeting called according to the rules of the society, and shall in all cases have power to appoint its own chairman, any rule of the society to the contrary notwithstanding.
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(7) This section shall not apply to a society with branches, except with the consent of the central body of that society.
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[1 Words in brackets added by 8 Edw. 7. c. 32, s. 7.] |
