9Actions to be in the name of the chairman

9 Actions to be in the name of the chairman

9 Actions to be in the name of the chairman

All actions, suits, proceedings, or prosecutions in any court, civil or criminal, and whether at law or in equity, commenced, instituted, prosecuted, or continued from and after the passing of this Act, by or on behalf of the club, against any person whatsoever, or against the club, whether such person be a member of the club or otherwise, shall and may be lawfully commenced, instituted, prosecuted, continued, or defended in the name of the chairman holding office at the time of the commencement of such action, suit, proceeding, or prosecution as nominal plaintiff, defendant, petitioner, respondent, or prosecutor, as the case may be, for and on behalf of the club and its members, and in all indictments and informations it shall be lawful to state the property of the club to be the property of the chairman, and any offence committed with intent to injure or defraud the club may in any prosecution for the same be stated or said to have been committed with intent to defraud or injure the chairman, and the death, resignation, or removal or other act of the chairman, in whose name any such proceeding shall have been commenced, shall not abate any such action, suit, proceeding, or prosecution, but the same may be continued and concluded in the same name.