4Body corporate

4 Body corporate

(1)  There shall be an Association which shall be a body corporate to be called the "Churches of Christ, Tasmania", which shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.

(2)  The members of the Association shall be –

(a) the members of the Associated Churches of Christ, Tasmania at the commencement of this Act; and

(b) any members admitted to the Association in accordance with the constitution of the Association.

(3)  The Association may purchase, receive, or hold property of any description, either subject to trusts or encumbrances, or absolutely, and may sell or otherwise dispose of, or mortgage, any property other than trust property standing in the name of the Association.

(4)  The Association may sell or otherwise dispose of, or mortgage, any property other than trust property, standing in the name of the Association only if it is directed to so deal with the property by the convention.

(5)  The Association may raise money from all or any of the churches or members, either direct or by the committees appointed by convention, for such purposes as the convention may determine, and may receive gifts and legacies, and use the same as designated by the donor or otherwise as convention directs if not so designated.

(6)  The executive shall have the custody of the common seal of the Association, and a majority of members of the executive shall have power to use or direct the use of such seal for the purposes for which the use of the seal is required.

(7)  The seal shall only be affixed by virtue of a resolution of a majority of the executive members, and in the presence of two members of the executive, and the President or Secretary for the time being of convention, and the two members and the President or Secretary shall sign their names to the document to which the seal is so affixed.

(8)  The Associated Churches of Christ, Tasmania is continued in existence in accordance with this Act as the Churches of Christ, Tasmania.