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Construction of the
term "Office Bearers."
Short title.
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It shall be lawful for the person or persons to whom any Land
or Hereditaments have been or shall or may be hereafter granted
or conveyed by the Crown or by any person or persons whomsoever
for any estate or interest upon Trust for the said Religious Society
denominated Wesleyan Methodists, and for the sur-
vivors or survivor of such persons, or their or his heirs orassigns,
and he and they are hereby authorized and required at any time
upon the request in writing of any three or more of the members of
the said Society, to convey the said Trusts, Premises, Lands, and
Hereditaments to any number of Trustees to be nominated and
elected according to the usages of the Society, not being less than
three, and to their heirs and assigns, in order that the said Trust,
Premises, Lands, and Hereditaments may be fully and completely
vested in such Trustees, their heirs and assigns, upon the Trusts
and for the ends, intents, and purposes, and with, under, and sub-
ject to the powers, provisions, agreements, and declarations men-
tioned, expressed, and declared in a model deed of the people called
Methodists, late in connection with the Reverend John Wesley, to
be enrolled in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of New Zealand within
ninety days after the passing of this Act after proof shall have been
made to the satisfaction of His Excellency the Governor and the
Executive Council that the same is a deed recognized as a model
deed of the said Society, such proof to be certified on the said deed
by indorsement to be made by the Clerk of the said Executive Coun-
cil. Provided always that it shall be lawful for any one or more
person or persons, to whom any such Lands shall have been origi-
nally granted or conveyed upon trust for the said Religious Society
to act as new Trustees or Trustee if and when duly nominated
and elected as aforesaid for that purpose, and the said Trust, Pre-
mises, Lands and Hereditaments, may be re-vested in, or retained
by him or them, either alone or in conjunction with another Trustee
or other Trustees, in the same manner as if he or they na been
originally a Trustee or Trustees of the said land so required to be
conveyed as aforesaid.
- In the construction of this Act the term "Office Bearers"
shall be deemed to include the Roman Catholic Bishop of Auck-
land and the General Superintendent of the Wesleyan Mission,
and any Trustee or Trustees in whom land is vested in Trust
for that Body or on behalf of the said religious Society denomi-
nated Wesleyan Methodists.
6 This Act may be cited for all purposes as "The
Religious, Charitable, and Educational Trusts' Act, 1856."
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NZ Gazette 1856, No 30
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