New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsThe synod of each diocese, other than the dioceses for which the said bodies in the preceding section mentioned were and remain so constituted as aforesaid, may at any time elect such persons as such synod desires, should together with the bishop of the diocese, ex officio, be incorporated as trustees for such diocese, and the bishop of such diocese shall notify such election in the Gazette, and immediately upon such notification and thenceforth the said persons and such persons as may from time to time be members of such body, together with the bishop of the diocese, ex officio, shall be and they are hereby constituted a body politic and corporate, by the name of incorporation mentioned in such notification, and by such name they shall have perpetual succession and a common seal, and shall sue and be sued, or shall otherwise appear and answer and be answered, and may take and hold to them and their successors by grant, will, or otherwise any real or personal property, and for any estate or interest therein.