Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 23 of 1978
INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1978
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS
PART I
Preliminary and General
Section
1.
Short title, construction and collective citation.
2.
Interpretation.
3.
Expenses.
PART II
Industrial and Provident Societies
4.
Application of Part II.
5.
Prohibition on acceptance of deposits.
6.
Prohibition on raising of funds.
7.
Use of funds by certain societies.
8.
Prohibition on certain advertising by societies.
9.
Application of sections 10 to 18..
10.
Power of Registrar to regulate certain businesses.
11.
Inspection of books and other documents of a society.
12.
Furnishing by societies of information and returns to Registrar.
13.
Registrar's power to investigate society's affairs.
14.
Provisions supplemental to section 13.
15.
Registrar's power to appoint person to society's management committee 683.
16.
Registrar's power to direct suspension of acceptance of deposits or funds and of payments.
17.
Registrar's powers consequential on section 16.
18.
Liability of officers and servants for certain loans, deposits and funds.
19.
Winding up of societies.
PART III
Credit Unions
20.
Construction of Part III.
21.
Inspection of books and other documents of a credit union.
22.
Registrar's power to investigate a credit union's affairs.
23.
Provisions supplemental to section 22.
24.
Registrar's power to call special meeting of a credit union.
25.
Registrar's power to appoint person as director of a credit union.
26.
Registrar's power to direct suspension of acceptance of deposits, loans or shares and of payments.
27.
Registrar's powers consequential on section 26.
PART IV
Miscellaneous
28.
Offences.
29.
Keeping of books of account, etc by societies.
30.
Annual accounts of societies.
31.
Prohibition on bankrupts and other persons.
32.
Prohibition on withdrawable shares.
33.
Alteration of financial limits in Principal Act.
34.
Cancellation of registry of society.
35.
Amendment of rules of societies.
36.
Prohibition on acceptance of deposits by investment trust companies.
37.
Amendment of section 6 of Moneylenders Act, 1900.
AN ACT TO AMEND THE INDUSTRIAL AND PROVIDENT SOCIETIES ACTS, 1893 TO 1971, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER CONNECTED MATTERS. [15th November, 1978]
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:
