16Property held in trust for congregations of the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania

16 Property held in trust for congregations of the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania

All and every the lands, hereditaments, rights, moneys, goods, and chattels which at the date of the said union of the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania with the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania were held in trust for any one or more of the congregations belonging to and forming part of the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania shall continue to be held by the same trustees in whom such lands, hereditaments, rights, moneys, goods, and chattels were vested, and their successors in trust for the same congregation or congregations respectively, but subject hereafter to the provisions of this Act; and all property, real or personal, which now is or hereafter shall be bequeathed, devised, held, or secured by any will or deed or other instrument to the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania shall hereafter be deemed to be secured by such will or deed or other instrument to the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania, and shall be subject to the provisions of this Act: Provided always, that any property real or personal which at the date of the said union of the said Churches was secured by any deed, or will, or other instrument, to the Presbytery of the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania shall continue to be held by the person or persons in whom the same was then vested, or by the successor or successors of such person or persons, upon trust for the several congregations which at the date of the said union of the said Churches constituted the Free Church of Scotland in Tasmania, in the same shares and proportions for such congregations respectively; and if any one or more of those congregations shall at any time hereafter be dissolved or otherwise cease to exist, the share of each such congregation as last aforesaid in any such property as last aforesaid shall thereafter be held by the person or persons in whom the same shall from time to time be vested upon trust for the Presbyterian Church of Tasmania.