ANTIGUA.

Determina-
tion to be
final.

Buildings
may be
purchased or
lensed,

Minors may
be elected
members.

Shares may
be held by
two or more
persons,

Annual
account and
statement of
funds,

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(6) where the rules of the society direct
disputes to be referred to the Court.

26. Every determination of a dispute by

arbitrators or by the Court or by the Registrar’

under this Ordinance shall be binding and conclu-
sive on all parties, and shall be final, and shall not
be subject to appeal:

Provided always that the abitrators or the
Registrar, as the case may be, may, at the request
of either party, state a case for the opinion of the
Court on any question of law, and shall have power
to grant to either party to the dispute such
discovery, as to documents or otherwise, as might
be granted by the Court.

27. A society may purchase, build, hire, or
take upon lease any building for conducting. its
business, and may purchase or hold upon lease : any
land for the purpose of erecting thereon a building
for conducting its business, and t may sell, exchange,
or let such building or any part thereof.

28. Any person under the age of twenty-
one years may be admitted as a member of a society,
the rules of which do not prohibit such admission,
and mav give ail necessary acquittances, but during

‘his minority he shall not hold any office in the

societ Ye

29. Two or more persons may Jointly hold
a share or shares in a society; and all shares held
jointly by any two or more persons in any society
existing before the commencement of this Ordi-
nance, the rules whereof do not prohibit such joint
holding, shall be deemed to be unlawfully so held,

30. (1) The secretary or ether officer of a
society shall, once at least in every year, prepare—

: (a) an account of all receipts and
expenditure of the society since the preceding,
statement;

(6) a general statement of its funds and
effects, liabilities and assets, showing—

(i) the amount due to the holders

of the various classes of shares,