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165, No. 38

3. Constitution of the Society—(1) For the promotion of science there shall continue to be a body which, in accordance with the gracious approval of His late Majesty King George the Fifth, shall be called the Royal Society of New Zealand.

(2) The Society shall be a body corporate with perpetual succession and a common seal, and may hold real and personal property, and sue and be sued, and do and suffer all that bodies corporate may do and suffer.

(3) The Society is hereby declared to be a local authority for the purposes of the National Provident Fund Act 1950.

(4) The Society established under this Act is hereby declared to be the same body as the body of that name existing immediately before the commencement of this Act under the Royal Society of New Zealand Act 1933, which body was originally established under the name of the New Zealand Institute by the New Zealand Institute Act 1867.

Cf. 1933, No. 17, s. 2

4. Honorary Patron—The Governor-General shall during his pleasure be the Honorary Patron of the Society.

Cf. 1933, No. 17, s. 7 (1)

5. Membership of Society—(1) The Society shall consist of the persons who and the bodies which, in accordance with its rules, are for the time being its Fellows, its honorary members, its member bodies, and the members of its member bodies.

(2) The members of the member bodies of the Society shall be the members of the Society.

Cf. 1933, No. 17, s.3