The Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home Act 1927
5Objects of the Body Corporate
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5 Objects of the Body Corporate
5 Objects of the Body Corporate
The objects of the Body Corporate shall be:
(a) to provide and maintain a home for the shelter, support and relief, permanent as well as temporary, of such aged, infirm or other persons of both sexes of the Jewish faith as are, in the opinion of the Board of Management, deserving of the assistance of the Body Corporate,
(b) to provide and maintain a home for the shelter, support and relief, permanent as well as temporary, of such poor, orphaned or other children of both sexes of the Jewish faith under the age of eighteen years as are, in the opinion of the Board of Management, deserving of the assistance of the Body Corporate,
(c) to provide, otherwise than in the home referred to in subsection (a) of this section, for the shelter, support and relief, permanent as well as temporary, of such aged, infirm or other persons of both sexes of the Jewish faith as are, in the opinion of the Board of Management, deserving of the assistance of the Body Corporate,
(d) to provide, otherwise than in the home referred to in subsection (b) of this section, for the shelter, support and relief, permanent as well as temporary, of such poor, orphaned or other children of both sexes of the Jewish faith under the age of eighteen years as are, in the opinion of the Board of Management, deserving of the assistance of the Body Corporate,
(e) to grant relief to any persons of the Jewish faith by monetary payments to any such persons either by way of gift or upon loan or by guaranteeing the repayment of any moneys borrowed from any person, society or institution by any such person or persons or by gifts or loan of goods or by gifts of clothing or in such other way as the Board of Management shall think fit,
(f) to provide and maintain a hospital, convalescent home and nursing home, or any of them, for such persons of both sexes of the Jewish faith as, in the opinion of the Board of Management, should be admitted to any such hospital, convalescent home or nursing home whether or not those persons are residents of one of the other homes provided and maintained by the Body Corporate,
(g) to undertake and execute any trusts the undertaking whereof may be calculated to advance any one or more of the objects of the Body Corporate,
(h) to promote good feeling and friendly intercourse and relationship amongst the residents of the homes or other institutions provided and maintained by the Body Corporate,