Section 10972.

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(1) A lodge operating under the lodge system, as this term is used in Section 10971, shall have all of the following characteristics:

(a) It is organized without capital stock.

(b) It is organized and operated solely for the benefit of its members or their beneficiaries and not for profit.

(c) It has a lodge system and representative form of government within the meaning of Section 10992, holds regular meetings at periodical intervals, and has a ritualistic form of work, and it has not less than 10 subordinate branches with more than a total of 1,000 dues-paying, active members in good standing.

(2) Any lodge, subordinate branch or association otherwise covered by Section 10971, which issues to any person a policy or certificate providing for the payment of benefits, shall comply with all the requirements of this chapter.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1951, Ch. 1193.)


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