Amendment of section 23

Amendment of section 23.—In section 23 of the principal Act,—

1. (1) for sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:— “(1) No society shall, without sufficient cause, refuse admission to membership to any person duly qualified therefor under the provisions of this Act and its bye-laws.”;
2. (2) in sub-section (2), for the words “within a period of three months from the date of the receipt of the application for admission”, the words “within a period of two months from the date of the receipt of the application for membership” shall be substituted.