Section 4 - Roman Catholic Church Communities’ Lands Act 1942 - Trustees to be bodies corporate

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4 Trustees to be bodies corporate

(1) The trustees of community land for each community shall, by virtue of this Act, be a body corporate, having perpetual succession and a common seal, and being capable of acquiring, holding and disposing of any property, real or personal, and of suing and being sued in its corporate name and of doing and suffering all such acts and things as bodies corporate may by law do or suffer.

(2) The corporate names of the trustees of community land for the several communities shall be—

(a) for the Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation, the “Trustees of the Sisters of the Brigidine Congregation”, and

(b) for the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland, the “Trustees of the Christian Brothers”, and

(c) for the Brothers of the Christian Schools, the “Trustees of the De La Salle Brothers”, and

(d) for the Sisters of Saint Dominic of New South Wales, the “Trustees of the Sisters of Saint Dominic”, and

(e) for the Sisters of the Good Samaritan of the Order of Saint Benedict, the “Trustees of the Sisters of the Good Samaritan”, and

(f) for the Sisters of Mercy (Parramatta), the “Trustees of the Sisters of Mercy (Parramatta)”, and

(g) for the Society of Mary for the Province of Australia, the “Trustees of the Marist Fathers for the Province of Australia”, and

(h) for the Society of Mary for the Province of Oceania, the “Trustees of the Marist Missions of the Pacific”, and

(i) for the Marist Brothers of the Schools, the “Trustees of the Marist Brothers”, and

(j) for the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney), the “Trustees of the Sisters of Mercy (North Sydney)”, and

(k) for the Fathers of the Passion, the “Trustees of the Passionist Fathers”, and

(l) for the Sisters of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart, the “Trustees of the Sisters of Saint Joseph”, and

(m) for the Congregation of the Mission, the “Trustees of the Vincentian Fathers”, and

(n) for Our Lady’s Nurses of the Poor, the “Trustees of Our Lady’s Nurses of the Poor”, and