Salvation Army Ordinance 1939

This Ordinance may be cited as the Salvation Army Ordinance 1939.

All movable property in this Colony now vested in the said Evangeline Booth is hereby vested in the Corporation to the like extent to which the same vested in the said Evangeline Booth prior to 15 September 1939.

The Corporation shall have full power to acquire by purchase, transfer, donation, exchange, devise, bequest, grant, gift, conveyance, or otherwise any immovable or movable property in this Colony or any estate or interest therein.

The Corporation shall, subject to any restraint, reservation or condition contained in the document under which it shall acquire title thereto have full power and be entitled to sell, mortgage, lease, exchange, partition, or otherwise dispose of and deal with all property (immovable as well as movable) which may for the time being be vested in or have been acquired by it under any of the provisions of this Ordinance.

The Corporation may sue and be sued and take all legal proceedings in any of the Courts of the Colony and all writs of summons, notices and legal process may be served upon the Corporation by being left at the residence in this Colony of the duly appointed Attorney of the General for the time being of the Salvation Army.

No change of the person holding the office of General of the Salvation Army shall affect any immovable or movable property or any interest therein vested in the Corporation but the same shall notwithstanding any such change continue to be vested in the Corporation.

Upon the lodging at the office of the Minister of a copy or copies certified by the Chief of the Staff of the Salvation Army or the Commissioner acting for the time being as the Chief of the Staff of the Salvation Army of a document or documents purporting to be or to record the appointment of and acceptance of office by a General of the Salvation Army it shall be deemed to be conclusive in evidence that the person named in such certified copy or copies is the person duly authorised to exercise the office of the General for the time being of the Salvation Army until the recording and lodging of a similarly certified copy or copies as aforesaid.

The General for the time being of the Salvation Army shall have power to appoint an Attorney for such time and purposes and with such powers as may be stated in the power of attorney and a notarially certified copy of the said power of attorney shall be lodged at the office of the Minister and the donee of the said power of attorney shall be deemed to be the duly authorised Attorney of the General for the time being of the Salvation Army until the recording and lodging of a subsequent and similarly certified copy power of attorney.

Nothing in this Ordinance shall prejudice or affect the right of the Government or any body politic or corporate or of any other person or persons, except such as are mentioned in this Ordinance and those claiming by, from, through, or under them.