ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH COMMUNITIES' LANDS ACT 1942 - SECT 4
Trustees to be bodies corporate
ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH COMMUNITIES' LANDS ACT 1942 - SECT 4
Trustees to be bodies corporate
4 Trustees to be bodies corporate
(1) The trustees of community land for each community shall, by virtue of this
Act, be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and
being capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of any property, real or
personal, and of suing and being sued in its corporate name and of doing and
suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do or
suffer.
(2) The corporate names of the trustees of community land for the
several communities shall be:
(a) for the Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation, the "Trustees of the
Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation", and
(b) for the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland, the "Trustees of the
Christian Brothers", and
(c) for the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the "Trustees of the De La
Salle Brothers", and
(d) for the Sisters of Saint Dominic of New South Wales, the "Trustees of the
Sisters of Saint Dominic", and
(e) for the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of Saint Benedict, the
"Trustees of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan", and
(f) for the Sisters of
Mercy (Parramatta), the "Trustees of the Sisters of Mercy (Parramatta)", and
(g) for the Society of Mary for the Province of Australia, the "Trustees of
the Marist Fathers for the Province of Australia", and
(h) for the Society of Mary for the Province of Oceania, the "Trustees of the
Marist Missions of the Pacific", and
(i) for the Marist Brothers of the Schools, the "Trustees of the Marist
Brothers", and
(j) for the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney), the "Trustees of
the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney)", and
(k) for the Fathers of the Passion, the "Trustees of the Passionist Fathers",
and
(l) for the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the "Trustees of the
Sisters of Saint Joseph", and
(m) for the Congregation of the Mission, the "Trustees of the Vincentian
Fathers", and
(n) for Our Lady's Nurses of the Poor, the "Trustees of Our Lady's Nurses of
the Poor", and
(o) for the Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, the "Trustees of the
Daughters of Our Lady of the Sacred Heart", and
(p) for the Order of Preachers, the "Trustees of the Dominican Fathers", and
(q) for the Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Bathurst, the "Trustees of the
Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Bathurst", and
(r) for the Sisters of St.
Joseph, Diocese of Bathurst, the "Trustees of the Sisters of St. Joseph,
Diocese of Bathurst", and
(s) for the Sisters of Charity of Australia, the "Trustees of the Sisters of
Charity of Australia", and
(t) for the Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Lismore,
the "Trustees of the Sisters of Mercy, Diocese of Lismore",
and for each
community named in the first column of Schedule 2 shall be the corporate name
set out opposite thereto in the second column of such Schedule.
(3) The
objects of a body corporate created by this Act include:
(a) the operation and
conduct of educational, welfare and health institutions, organisations or
other bodies, and
(b) the performance of all such acts, matters and things of
any nature (which may include, without limiting the scope of this paragraph,
borrowing money) as, in its opinion, are or may be for its benefit or for the
benefit of the community to which it relates.