Victorian Consolidated Legislation

PRESBYTERIAN TRUSTS ACT 1890

Act No. 1175/1890
Version incorporating amendments as at 23 April 2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Section Page
   1.      Short title
   2.      Definitions
   3.      General Assembly may pass resolution to form corporate body of trustees
   4.      Certified copy of resolution to be delivered to Registrar-General
   5.      Corporate trustees to be constituted and may take and hold property
   6.      Certain property to vest in corporate trustees immediately
   7.      Other church properties may be transferred to corporate trustees
   8.      Moderator may consent to transfer for certain trustees
   9.      Properties for which there are no trustees to vest in corporate trustees
   10.     Registrar-General or Registrar of Titles to carry out transfers to corporate trustees
   11.     Gifts to church before incorporation to have same effect afterwards
   12.     Appointment of corporate trustees
   13.     Successor in office to become trustee in place of predecessor
   14.     Management of property vested in corporate body of trustees
   14A.    Power to Trust Corporation to invest moneys separately or in Common Fund
   14B.    Allocation of income received on investments made from Common Fund
   14C.    Trusts Corporation shall be responsible
   15.     Corporate body of trustees may convey to congregational trustees for purpose of mortgaging
   16.     Trustees appointed hereunder to be trustees of property
   17.     Enrolment of Model Trust Deeds
   18.     Certain property to be held in trusts of Model Trust Deeds
   19.     Model Trust Deeds may be adopted in other cases
   20.     Conveyances transfers etc. by majority of trustees sufficient
   21.     "Register of Trustees"
   22.     Amendment of register
   23.     Legal estate to pass to new trustees without conveyance
   24.     Proof of entries in register and certificates
   25.     Rules
           __________________
           SCHEDULE 1-Certificates as to Trustees of Church Property
           SCHEDULE 2-"The Presbyterian Register of Trustees"
           ---------------
           ENDNOTES
           1. General Information
           2. Table of Amendments
           3. Explanatory Details