Section 70 General offences by societies, etc.
If any registered society, or any officer or member thereof, or any other person—
fails to give any notice, send any return or other document, do anything or allow anything to be done which that society, officer, member or other person is by this Act required to give, send, do or allow to be done, as the case may be; or
wilfully neglects or refuses to do any act, or to furnish any information, required for the purposes of this Act by the registrar or by any other person authorised under this Act, or does anything forbidden by this Act; or
makes a return required by this Act, or wilfully furnishes information so required, which is in any respect false or insufficient,
that society, officer, member or other person, as the case may be, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceedingF1 £200.
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Notes on the whole Act
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Act: "The Industrial and Provident Societies (N.I.) Act 1969 may be cited as The Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (N.I.) 1969" (6.4.2018) by virtue of Credit Unions and Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act (NorthernIreland) 2016 (c. 16), ss. 8(2), 17(2) (with Sch. 2 paras. 2, 3); S.R. 2017/217, art. 2(b)
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