5Vesting of Church property in trustees

5 Vesting of Church property in trustees

[Section 5 Amended by No. 36 of 1958, s. 5 ]

(1)  [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] All real and personal property of every description now vested in or held by–

(a) [Section 5 Subsection (1) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] the body corporate; or

(b) any person upon trust for the said Church–

shall, by force of this Act and without any conveyance, transfer or assignment, be vested in the body corporate for all the estate and interest therein respectively of the body corporate or person by whom the same was held before the commencement of this Act, and shall be held by the body corporate, together with any property vested in or acquired by it after the commencement of this Act, subject to any special trusts affecting the same or any part thereof, on trust for the said Church.

(2)  [Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 12 of 2005, s. 8, Applied:06 May 2005] *[Section 5 Subsection (2) amended by No. 19 of 1980, s. 171 and Sched. 1, Pt II ]*The body corporate shall be deemed to be the registered proprietors of such portions of the said property as are subject to the provisions of the Land Titles Act 1980 , and the Recorder of Titles, upon the application of the body corporate under their common seal, and upon proof to his satisfaction of the identity of any such portion of the said property shall issue to the body corporate such instruments of title as are by the said Act provided for.