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(1)This Act may be cited as the Friendly Societies Act, 1955.
(2)This Act shall be construed as one with the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1948, and may be cited with those Acts as the Friendly Societies Acts, 1896 to 1955.
(3)In this Act—
(a)" the principal Act" means the Friendly Societies Act, 1896; and
(b)references to any enactment, except in so far as the context otherwise requires shall be taken as referring to that enactment as amended, extended or applied by or under any other enactment, including this Act.
(4)This Act shall extend to Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands, but not to Northern Ireland.
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