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LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Salvation Army Incorporation and Vesting (CAP.

394 1 CHAPTER 394 T H E SALVATION ARMY INCORPORATION AND VESTING A C T Arrangement of Sections Section Short title.

Incorporation.

Transfer of property.

Appointment of General of the Salvation Army.

Power to acquire property.

Power to sell property.

Power to appoint an attorney.

Saving of Crown and other rights.
SALVATION ARMY INCORPORATION AND VESTING WHEREAS by a Deed Poll dated the 7th day of August 1878, made by William Booth and duly recorded in the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice in England, it was declared that a Society had been formed under the name of "The Christian Mission" for the purposes men- tioned in the said Deed: AND WHEREAS by another Deed Poll dated the 24th day of June 1880, made by the said William Booth and duly recorded as aforesaid it was declared that the name of the said Society had been changed to "The Salvation Army": LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 2 CAP.
394) Salvation Army Incorporation and Vestinp AND WHEREAS by another Deed Poll made by the said William Booth and recorded as aforesaid on the 22nd day of June 1904, the purposes and object of The Salvation Army -,were more fully set forth and declared: AND WHEREAS in and by the said Deeds it was declared that the General of The Salvation Army should have power to acquire any real or personal property which might in his judgment be required for the purposes of The Salvation Army, and the said William Booth was declared the first General of The Salvation Army and provision was made for the appointment of subsequent Generals of The Salvation Army: AND WHEREAS General Arnold Brown was duly appointed General of The Salvation Army in 1977: AND WHEREAS The Salvation Army has acquired real property in Antigua and Barbuda for its purposes and also acquired certain personal property and it is now desirable to provide for the vesting of the said real and personal property in the present and future Generals for the time being of The Salvation Army: AND WHEREAS it is expedient to incorporate the General for the time being as a corporation sole to vest in such corporation the real and personal property acquired in Antigua and Barbuda for and on behalf of the members of The Salvation Army in Antigua and Barbuda.
Short title.

1.

This Act may be cited as The Salvation Army Incorporation and Vesting Act.

Incorporation.

2.

General Arnold Brown the General of The Salva- tion Army and his successors in office shall be and is hereby constituted a corporation by the name of "The General of The Salvation Army" and by this name shall have perpetual succession and also by that name may sue and be sued, and shall have a common seal.

Transfer of property.

3.


All real and personal property in Antigua and Barbuda and any estate or interest in or concerning the same respectively which are now held or vested in any person on LAWS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Salvation Army Incorporation and Vesting (CAP.
394 3 behalf of the members of The Salvation Army in Antigua and Barbuda are hereby transferred and vested in The General of The Salvation Army and his successors and assigns for the same estate and interest and to the extent which the same were vested in the said person.

4.

Upon the recording in the High Court Registry ~ ? '

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officer or sealed by the proper Department of The High Court of Justice in England of documents purporting to be the appointment of and acceptance of office by a General of The Salvation Army, the person named in such appointment and acceptance shall be deemed to be the General of The Salvation Army until the recording of similarly certified copies of new appointment and acceptance.

5 .

The General of The Salvation Army shall have full Power to acquire property.
power to acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest, grant, conveyance or otherwise any real or personal property in Antigua and Barbuda or any estate or interest therein.

6.

T h e General of The Salvation Army shall, subject Power to sell property.
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, and he may sue for and recover all property and effects both real and personal and may assign and transfer any monies belonging to The Salvation Army or to any person on behalf of The Salvation Army or to any General of The Salvation Army in his capacity as General of The Salvation Army.
7.

The General of The Salvation Army shall have full Power to appoint an attorney.

power to appoint an attorney for such time and purposes and with such powers as may be stated in the power of attorney and to revoke any such appointment and to confer on any such attorney appointed as aforesaid power to appoint a substitute in his stead.

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394) Salvation Army Incorporation and Vesting Saving of Crown and other rights.

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Nothing in this Act shall prejudice o r affect the rights of Her Majesty, Her Heirs and Successors or any body politic o r corporate or of any other persons except such as are .pentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from, through o r under them.