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Bill No.

15 of 1968 PUBLISHED 27TH JULY, 1968.

Bill No.

15 of 1968.

FULL GOSPEL FELLOWSHIP OF CHURCHES IN GUY ANA (INCORPORATION) BILL, 1968.

Arrangement of Sections.

Section 1.

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12. and dispose from Guyana of a. member of Board.

.. of the Board of Trustees.

of property Short title.

Interpretation.

Incorporation Power to ar.quire Death or absence of property.

Vesting of property bequeathed.


Vesting Tenur� of property Change of membership Evidence Service of process.

Saving the rights of Her Majesty.

of membership for the use o'I: the Church.

not to derogate of Board.

from powers of Board.

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SCHEDULE A BILL lntituled An Act to incorp·orate the Fu11 Gospel Fellowship of Churches in Guyan·a, Enacted by the Parliament of Guyana :- A.O.

1968.

1.

This Act may be cited as the Full Gospel Fellowship Act, 1968. in Guyana (Incorporation) of Short title.
Churches 2. .

means any person Superintendent" holding Superintendent of the Fellowship; Jnterpreta- lion.
J;n this Act - "the Assistant the office of Assistant Treasurer" "the Assistant office of Assistant Treasurer "the Board of Trustees" means any person holding the of the Fellowship; or "the Board" means the Board ·of Trustees o'f the Full Gospel Fellowship in accordance with the provision of Churches in of Guyana constituted this Act; "the Chairman" ·Chairman of the Fellowship; means any person holding the office of means .
the Full Gospel Fellowship in Guyana; "the Fellowship" Chure'p.es "rnember" means a mem!ber of the Board of Trustees; "the Superintendent" of Superintendent "the Treasurer" Treasurer means any person of the Fellowship; means any person holding the office of of the Fellowship.

holding the office of ,( 3.

Reverend Harry Das of 52 Norton and Haly Streets, the Chairman; Reverend West Bank, Demerara, - Incorpera ��'!elf Mohabir 0� Trustees.
the Superintendent; Philip Chue of 1 and 2 Stanleytown, West Bank, Demerara, Jhugdeo of 1 and 2 Stanleytown, Nortmanville, Georgetown, of 1 and 2 Stanleytown, Neville Solomon the Assistant ·West Bank, Demerara, Stanleytown, Mohabir of 52 Norton and Haly Streets, o'f.
Public Road, Cornelia West Bank, Demerara, of 1 and 2 Stanleytown, Superintendent; Ked1all the Treasurer; Mohammed Yassin of 1 and 2 the Assistant Treasurer; Muriel Deodat Binda West Bank, Demerara; Wortmanville, Ida, West Bank, Demerara; ,Georgetown; Sherlock Isaac Jairaj Tacoor- ...... 2 deen of Richmond Village, Essequibo Coast; Winston Campbell of Side Line Dam, Gibraltar Village, Corentyne-, Berbice; Vera Bruyning of Canal Road, Stanleytown Village, West Bank, Demerara and Sonny Bickram of Public Road, Port Mourant, Corentyne, Berbice, being respec!iveiy membe rs holding office in that behalf by virtue of their being appointed thereto tJy the Fellowship, and their successors in office, shall be a body corporate and shall have the name of the Board of Trustees of the Fellowship of Churches in Guyana, with perpetual succession and a common seal and may sue and be sued in all the courts in Guyana.
Power t o acquire and to dispose o f property.

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T he Board of Trustees shall have full power to purchase, accept by way of gift, legacy or devise, take hold, enjoy, sell, transport, mortgage, lease, invest, and otherwise deal with and dispose of all pro perty movable or immovable of whatever nature or kind soever.

iOeath or absence G uyana of ;rcm~er of from oar · f 5.

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re us or ma During the absence of any member from Guyana or the f ity o any mem er to act as sue , or e su s1stence o any vacancy in the membership of the Board occasioned by the death of any member or otherwise, the surviving or remaining members may in the name of the Board exercise all or any of the powers conferred on the Board by this Act.

b · th h b Vesting of property Schedu:lo.

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The property which immediately prior to the commence- ment of this Act was vested in the Trustees of t;4e Centre of Evangelism, that is to say, the property specified in the schedule Ito this Act, is hereby vested in the Board of Tfrustees appointed as a:fioresaid.

Vesting of property bequeathed.

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All property movable or immova:ble of whatever nature or kind soever hereafter bequeathed by will or otherwise given to the Fellowship shall be deelm!d to be the property of the Board.

Tenure of propeftY for use of the Church.

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All property vested in or he_reafter acguired by the Board shall be held by the Board for the use and benefit of the Fellowship.

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No change in the membership of the Board shall derogate from the title or powers o'f the Board in respect of any property or any Change of membership ~~:o:~te from estate or interest therein.

powers of Board.

· A statement that any person named therein is a member Evidence of ~f'~:=r~tard.

of the Board of Trustees purporting to be signed by the Superintendent 10. shall be prima facie evidence of the said fact.

Service of proccs•.
Service of proccs•.

11, All process which is required to be served on the Board shall be deemed to be sufficiently served - (a) if a copy thereof is left with the Superintendent at any place within Guyana or with an adult inmate at the place of residence in Guyana of the Superintendent; or (b) if a copy thereof is published in the Gazette.

the 12.
the 12.

Nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect any right of s aving ~~~ Her Her Majesty the Queen, Her Heirs and Successors, or of any body politic or corporate or of any other person or persons except such as are mentioned in this Act and those claiming by, from, through or under them.

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It: SCHEDULE Sec.


6 East halves of lot lettered 'A' and lots numbered 1 (one) and 2 (two) east o'f the Public Road, Stanleytown, in the Stanleytown Village District, situate on the West Bank of the Demerara River, in the County of Demerara, Guyana, the said lots being defined on a plan by H. Rainsford, Sworn Land Surveyor, dated 16th November, 1839, and •l, .
J/;" r~~~,-~, 3 also shown on a compiled plan by H. Ormonde Durham, Sworn Land Surveyor, dated 30th October, 1926, and deposited in the Deeds Registry at Georgetown on the 11th August, 1927 with one building and erection thereon.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM This Bill seeks to incorporate in Guyana certain persons as the Board of Trustees of the Full Gospel Fellowship ()f Churches.
The Bill seeks to vest in the Trustees all the property of the Fellowship in Guyana and also to empower the Trustees to ·acquire and dispose of property in Guyana.

(BILL No.

15/ 1968).