Act No. 56 of 1961
GOSPEL MISSIONARY UNION INCORPORATION |
An Act to
incorporate the Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union. | 56 of 1961 |
[Commencement 31st
July, 1961] |
1. This Act
may be cited as the Gospel Missionary Union Incorporation Act. | Short title. |
2. The
Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union for the time being shall be
deemed a corporation sole and shall be known and described as "Field
Director of the Gospel Missionary Union". | Field Director of the
Gospel Missionary Union to be a corporation sole. |
3. (1) The
Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union 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 Director 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 Gospel Missionary Union. |
4. The
Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union 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 Director entitled to
deal with property. |
5. No
change of the person holding the office of Field Director of the Gospel
Missionary Union shall affect any real or personal property or any estate or
interest therein vested in the Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union
but such property and estate and interest therein shall vest in the succeeding
Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union in the same way and to the same
extent that they vested in the former Field Director of the Gospel Missionary
Union. | Change of person holding
office of Field Director not to affect property and interest. |
6. The
Field Director of the Gospel Missionary Union 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 Director
appoint an Attorney. |
7. The Reverend
Fred J. Oliver shall be deemed to be the present Field Director of the Gospel
Missionary Union. | Present Field Director. |
8. All
property in the Colony 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
Gospel Missionary Union shall vest in and be held by the Field Director of the
Gospel Missionary Union. | Rights of the Queen and
others reserved. |
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. | Vesting of property at
present held in trust for the Union. |