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(c.) Such scheme when submitted for approval may be amended by the Judge in such a way as he shall think proper under the circumstances of the case.

(d.) The approval of the Judge to such scheme or amended scheme shall be denoted by the en- dorsement thereon of a memorandum of such approval signed by the Judge, and by the same being sealed with the seal of the Court, and upon this being done the surplus assets the subject of such scheme shall be held and applied by the Official Receiver or such other officer as aforesaid upon the terms and to the purposes thereby prescribed. (e.) For the purpose of the winding-up the Official Receiver or such other officer shall have all the powers which are vested in the Official Re- ceiver by

"The Bankruptcy Ordinance 1891 for the purpose of the discovery of the property of a debtor and the realization thereof, and also all such powers as are by the law relating to Companies vested in the Official Liquidator: and all the provisions of the Bankruptcy Ordin- ance and of such law, so far as they relate to the discovery and realization of the property of a debtor and to the winding-up of a com- pany, shall mutatis mutandis apply to the winding-up of the affairs of a Society under this Ordinance.

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(2.) The Governor-in-Council may for the purpose of enabling a Society to wind up its own affairs suspend the operation of this section for such period as to him shall seem expedient.

may arrest

18.—(1.) It shall be lawful for any Magistrate or Magistrates, Justice of the Peace to enter, with or without assistance, etc., may or to order any Police Officer or other person in his pro- enter house. sence to enter, with or without assistance, using force in etc., where

unlawful either case if necessary, into any dwelling-house or other

meeting held building, or into any place in which he may have rea- or books, sonable ground to believe that a meeting of any unlawful accounts, Society, or of persons who are members of an unlawful etc..kept and Society, is being held, or that any books, accounts, writings, and seize banners or insignia belonging to any unlawful Society are

persons and concealed, kept or deposited and to arrest or cause to be property arrested all persons found in such house and to search such found. house, building or place, and seize or cause to be seized all books, accounts, writings, banners, documents, flags, in- signia, arms and other articles which he may have reason- able cause to believe to belong to any unlawful Society, or to be in any way connected therewith.

Persons and

(2.) All persons so arrested and all articles so seized may be detained in custody till they can conveniently he brought property so before a Police Magistrate to be dealt with according to seized to be Jaw.

taken before a Court.

witnesses.

19.--(1.) The Registrar of Societies may summon before. Registrars to him any person whom he has reason to believe to be able have power to give any information as to the existence or operations of to summon any unlawful Society, or suspected unlawful Society, or as to the operations of any Registered Society or Exempted Society and the person so summoned shall be legally bound to attend at the hour and place in the summons specified, and to produce all documents in bis custody, possession or power relating to such Society or suspected Society, and to answer truthfully all questions which such Registrar may put to him.

(2.) Any person so summoned before the Registrar who Penalty. fails to attend or who answers untruthfully any question put to him by the Registrar shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars.

(3.) If any person summoned by the Registrar under this Registrar section shall refuse to give such information, or shall give may order information which the Registrar believes to be false, the photograpli Registrar may, if he considers it advisable to make provi- to be taken. sion for the identification of such person, order that a photograph shall be taken at such time and in such place and manner as the Registrar may think fit, and if such