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Building Societies Act 1965

1: Short Title and commencement

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This law is called the Building Societies Act 1965. You can call it by this name when you talk about it. The law started working on 1 January 1966. This means that from that day, people had to follow the rules in this law.

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1Short Title and commencement

  1. This Act may be cited as the Building Societies Act 1965.

  2. This Act shall come into force on 1 January 1966.