§ (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, any insured person and any person desirous of becoming an insured person may apply to an approved society for membership therein.
§ (2) An approved society shall be entitled, in accordance with its rules, to admit or reject any such applicant, or to expel any of its members being insured persons: Provided that no such application shall be refused solely on the ground of the age of the applicant, and that the applicant may for the purposes of this Part of this Act be admitted as a member of a society notwithstanding anything in any other Act limiting the age for admission to societies of that class.
§ Amendments made: In Sub-section (1) leave out the words "desirous of becoming," and insert instead thereof the words "entitled to become."
§ Leave out the words "and that the applicant may for the purposes of this Part of this Act be admitted as a member of a society notwithstanding anything in any other Act limiting the age for admission to societies of that class."—[Mr. Lloyd George.]