7Power to constitute corporations

7 Power to constitute corporations

7 Power to constitute corporations

(1) The General Assembly may, by resolution, declare that an unincorporated body of the Church named in the resolution should be constituted as a corporation under the name set out in the resolution.

(2) If the unincorporated body of the Church named in the resolution is a body established for the purpose of an activity, fund, service, institution or interest of a congregation of the Church, the General Assembly must not pass a resolution under subsection (1) unless the congregation consents to the resolution in the manner provided under section 12 of the Property Trust Act.

(3) If such a resolution is passed, the Governor may, by proclamation, declare that the unincorporated body of the Church named in the resolution is constituted as a corporation.

(4) On and from the date of such proclamation (or from such later date as may be specified in the proclamation), the unincorporated body named in the proclamation is by the proclamation constituted as a corporation under the corporate name set out in the proclamation.