{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974/section-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974/section-45.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1974/46",
  "legislation_title": "Friendly Societies Act 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/friendly-societies-act-1974",
  "path": "section/45",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Copies of balance sheet and valuation to be displayed.",
  "text": "Every registered society and branch shall keep always hung up in a conspicuous place at the registered office of the society or branch—\n(a) a copy of the last annual balance sheet . . .; and\n(b) a copy of the last report under section 41 above on the condition of the society or branch or, where a report or reports are required under that section in respect of a particular business or particular businesses conducted by the society or branch, a copy of the last report under that section in respect of that business or in respect of each of those businesses, as the case may require.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 45(a) repealed (1.9.1996) by S.I. 1996/1738 arts. 1, 11(12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "By Friendly Societies Act 1992 (c. 40), s. 95, Sch. 16 para. 12 (with ss. 7(5) and 93(4)); S.I. 1993/2213, art. 2, Sch. 6 (1.1.1994) it is provided that ss. 29-45 shall cease to have effect in relation to registered friendly societies and registered branches of such societies."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1974/46/section/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:43:06.632065+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}