(1)  In an action in which a society is named as a party, an officer of the society is to be joined in the action as coplaintiff or codefendant with the society.

(2)  More than one coplaintiff or codefendant may be joined.

(3)  Each coplaintiff and codefendant is to be described in the writ and in the title of all subsequent proceedings by his or her office in the society.

(4)  On the application of an officer or member of a society which is a defendant to an action, the Court or a judge may order the writ and any subsequent proceedings to be amended by adding the officer or member as a formal codefendant.