Act No. 36 of 1956
EAST & WEST INDIES BIBLE MISSION INCORPORATION |
An Act to
incorporate the Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible
Mission. | 36 of 1956 |
[Assent 17th May, 1956]
[Commencement 31st October, 1956] |
1. This Act
may be cited as the East & West Indies Bible Mission Incorporation Act. | Short title. |
2. The
Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission (formerly
called the West Indies Bible Mission) for the time being shall be deemed a
corporation sole and shall be known and described as "Field Superintendent
of the East & West Indies Bible Mission". | Field Superintendent of the
East & West Indies Bible Mission to be a corporation sole. |
3. (1) The
Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission shall have
full power to acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest,
grant, gift, conveyance or otherwise any real or personal property or any
estate or interest therein. | Power of Field
Superintendent to acquire property. |
(2) All real or
personal property acquired under subsection (1) of this section shall be held
for the use and benefit of the East & West Indies Bible Mission. |
4. The
Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission shall, subject
to any restraint, reservation or condition contained in the document under
which he shall have acquired title thereto, be entitled to sell, mortgage, lease
and otherwise dispose of and deal with all property which may for the time
being be vested in or have been acquired by him under any of the provisions of
this Act. | Field Superintendent
entitled to deal with property. |
5. No
change of the person holding the office of Field Superintendent of the East &
West Indies Bible Mission shall affect any real or personal property or any
estate or interest therein vested in the Field Superintendent of the East &
West Indies Bible Mission but such property and estate and interest therein
shall vest in the succeeding Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies
Bible Mission in the same way and to the same extent that they vested in the
former Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission. | Change of person holding
office of Field Superintendent not to affect property and interest. |
6. The
Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission shall have
power to appoint an Attorney for such time and purposes and with such powers as
may be stated in the Power of Attorney. | Power of Field
Superintendent to appoint an Attorney. |
7. The
Reverend Clarence J. Goodspeed shall be deemed to be the present Field
Superintendent of the East & West Indies Bible Mission. | Present Field
Superintendent. |
8. All
property in The Bahamas real or personal of what nature or kind soever which is
now vested or held in any manner in trust for or for the use and benefit of the
East & West Indies Bible Mission or the West Indies Bible Mission shall
vest in and be held by the Field Superintendent of the East & West Indies
Bible Mission. | Vesting of property at
present held in trust for the Mission. |
9. Nothing
in this Act shall prejudice or affect the rights of Her Majesty the Queen, Her
Heirs and Successors or of any other person or persons except such as are
mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from, through or under them. | Rights of the Queen and
others reserved. |