(1) A payment made by a society or branch, under the foregoing provisions of this Act with respect to payments on death generally to the person who at the time appears to a majority of the committee to be entitled thereunder, shall be valid and effectual against any demand made upon the trustees or the society or branch by any other person, but the next of kin or lawful representative of the deceased member shall have remedy for recovery of the money so paid as aforesaid, against the person who has received that money.
(2) Where the society or branch has paid money to a nominee in ignorance of a marriage subsequent to the nomination, the receipt of the nominee shall be a valid discharge to the society or branch.