Roman Catholic Church Communities’ Lands Act 1942
12Protection of purchasers etc
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12 Protection of purchasers etc
12 Protection of purchasers etc
(1) No purchaser, mortgagee, lessee or other person dealing with a body corporate created by this Act, and neither the Registrar-General, nor the Crown Solicitor nor any other person registering or certifying title, shall, upon any sale, exchange, mortgage, lease or other dealing purporting to be made under a power conferred by this Act, be concerned to see or inquire into the necessity for, or the propriety of, or the mode of exercising the same, or be affected by notice that the exercise of the power is unauthorised, irregular or improper.
(2) A receipt for any money payable to the body corporate, signed by the provincial who is a member thereof, shall be sufficient discharge in favour of, and shall exonerate, the person paying such money from all responsibility for the application of such money.