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Increase of certain penalties under Principal Act.
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9.—(1) Section 87 (3) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “£250” for “twenty pounds” and the said section 87 (3), as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.
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(2) Section 88 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “£500” for “fifty pounds” and the said section 88, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.
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(3) Section 89 of the Principal Act is here by amended by the substitution of “£100” for “five pounds” and the said section 89, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.
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TABLE
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87. (3) If any person obtains possession by false representation or imposition of any property of a registered society or branch, or withholds or misapplies any such property in his possession, or wilfully applies any part thereof to purposes other than those expressed or directed in the rules of the society or branch and authorised by this Act, he shall, on such complaint as is in this section mentioned, be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £250, and costs, and to be ordered to deliver up all such property, or to repay all sums of money applied improperly, and in default of such delivery or repayment, or of the payment of such fine and costs as aforesaid, to be imprisoned, with or without hard labour, for any time not exceeding three months.
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Fine for falsification.
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88. If any person wilfully makes, orders, or allows to be made, any entry, erasure in, or omission from a balance sheet of a registered society or branch, or a return or document required to be sent, produced, or delivered for the purposes of this Act, with intent to falsify the same, or to evade any of the provisions of this Act, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding £500.
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Fine for ordinary offences.
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89. A society or branch, and an officer or member of a society or branch, or other person guilty of an offence under this Act for which a fine is not expressly provided shall be liable to a fine of not more than £100.
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