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Corresponding Societies Acts. (1) The (English) Unlawful Societies Act, 1799 (39 Geo. 3, c. 79), by which certain societies, including the London Corresponding Society, having treasonable objects, and all societies 'of which the names of the members or of any committee should be kept secret from the society at large,' etc., were declared to be unlawful combinations. (2) The (English) Seditious Meetings Act, 1817 (57 Geo. 3, c. 19), which repeated the provisions of the above Act, with amplifications. Friendly societies (see that title) are exempted from the provisions of these Acts by s. 32 of the (English) Friendly Societies Act, 1896, if in the society or branch or at any meeting no business is transacted but that which directly and immediately relates to the objects of the society or branch as declared in the rules thereof.