Chapter 176P

Section 46A. A subordinate lodge of a society with ritualistic form of work and representative form of government duly authorized to transact business in the commonwealth under this chapter may pay disability benefits not exceeding $10 a week without conforming to this chapter or…

Section 46B. An incorporated domestic society formed or transacting business under section 45 or 46 may acquire, hold, manage and dispose of real estate in the city or town in which its principal office is located, to such amount as the commissioner may, by certificate filed in h…

Section 46C. A society subject to section 45 and section 46 may provide for the payment of any part or all of the benefits payable to its members by such society by agreement in writing with an insurance company for the payment of such benefits. The premiums or charge for such in…

Section 46D. A grand or district lodge of a secret order or fraternity which operates on the lodge system with a representative form of government and doing business in this commonwealth under any provision of section 46 may pay a death or funeral benefit not exceeding $2,000 wit…

Section 47. The superior court shall have jurisdiction in equity, upon an information filed by the attorney general at the request of the commissioner, to restrain all violations of this chapter and to endorse compliance with the provisions thereof and payment of all fines, forfe…

Section 47A. A contract of insurance or a benefit certificate made, issued or delivered by any society in violation of any provision of this chapter, or any provision of its charter, articles of association, constitution or by-laws, shall nevertheless be valid and binding upon it…

Section 48. A person, officer, member or examining physician of any society who shall knowingly or willfully make any false or fraudulent statement or representation in or with reference to any application for membership, or in order to obtain money from or benefit in any society…

Section 49. (a) Whoever solicits membership in any society not duly authorized to transact business in the commonwealth, or, whoever, for a person other than himself, or as an agent, solicitor, organizer, officer or other representative of any such society or of any local or subo…

Section 49A. A society operating on the lodge system with a representative form of government whose rates are on a basis of mortality not lower than the National Fraternal Congress Table as adopted by the National Fraternal Congress on August 23, 1899, or any society formed under…

Section 5. Societies shall be governed by this chapter, and shall be exempt from all other provisions of the insurance laws of the commonwealth except sections 16, 160A, 160B, 178 to 180, inclusive, and section 185 of chapter 175, not only in governmental relations with the commo…

Section 50. Whoever violates any provision of this chapter for which a specific penalty is not provided shall be punished by a fine of not more than $200.

Section 6. Seven or more persons, residents of the commonwealth, may form a corporation for the purposes set forth in this chapter. The agreement of association shall state that the subscribers thereto associate themselves with the intentions of forming a corporation, the corpora…

Section 7. (a) The first meeting of the associates shall be called by a notice, signed by one or more of the subscribers to the agreement, stating the time, place and purpose of the meeting. At least seven days before the day appointed for the meeting, a copy of the notice shall …

Section 8. (a) The commissioner shall then furnish the incorporators of any such society, if on the lodge plan, with a preliminary license, authorizing it to solicit members for the purpose of completing its organization. (b) A society shall collect from each applicant the amount…

Section 9. The society shall file a certificate of organization, with the certificate endorsed by the commissioner, and if on the lodge plan, also the certificate required by the preceding section, with the state secretary, who, upon the receipt of $5, shall issue a certificate i…