Acts Online
GT Shield

Friendly Societies Act, 1956 (Act No. 25 of 1956)

Chapter VII : General and Miscellaneous

46. Right to obtain copies of or to inspect certain documents

 

(1) Every registered society shall deliver to any member on demand by such member, and on payment of such sum as may be determined by the rules of the society, a copy of any of the following documents, that is to say —
(a) the rules of the society;
(b) the last revenue account prepared in terms of paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section twenty-two, together with the last balance sheet prepared in terms of paragraph (b) of that subsection.

 

(2) Any member shall be entitled to inspect without charge at the registered office of a registered society, a copy of any of the following documents and make extracts therefrom, that is to say —
(a) the documents referred to in subsection (1);
(b) the last valuation (if any) by a valuator prepared in terms of section twenty-three;
(c) the last statement of liabilities prepared in terms of section twenty-four;
(d) the last statement of assets prepared in terms of section twenty-five.

 

(3) Every society exempted under section 3 (1) (b) or (2) shall deliver to any member on demand by such member, and on payment of such sum as may be determined by the rules of the society, a copy of any of the following documents, that is to say —
(a) the rules of the society;
(b) the last revenue account or balance sheet prepared as prescribed by regulation; and
(c) any other information or document as prescribed by regulation.

[Section 46(3) inserted by section 4 of Act No. 44 of 1988]