[F128BCommon sealN.I.
(1)Notwithstanding any statutory provision or rule of law, a registered society need not have a common seal.
(2)If a registered society has a common seal, the society shall have its registered name engraved on the seal in legible characters.
(3)If, after the coming into operation of subsection (1), a registered society decides to have a common seal, it shall not cause such a seal to be made unless the registered rules of the society contain provision for the custody and use of that seal.
(4)Section 71 shall not apply in respect of an offence committed by a registered society under section 70 where the offence consists of a failure to comply with subsection (2) or (3) of this section.
(5)Any officer of a registered society, or any other person acting on such a society's behalf, who uses or authorises the use of any seal purporting to be the common seal of the society which does not have the society's registered name engraved on it in legible characters shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.]
F1Ss. 28B-28F inserted (1.7.2006) by Industrial and Provident Societies (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/314 (N.I. 3)). arts. 1(3), {6(1)}; S.R. 2006/242, art. 2