Australian General Assurance Company Act 1845 9 Vic (NSW)

120 9° VIC. 1845.

Australian General Assurance Company.

ANNO NONO

VICTORIA REGIN &.

cox oe An Act to simplify Proceedings at Law or in

COMPANY. Equity by or against '' The Australian General Assurance Company" and for other purposes therein mentioned. [27th October, 1845. ]

Preamble. WT TEREAS a joint stock company carrying on business under the

style and firm of "The Australian General Assurance Company" is established in this Colony and it is expedient to simplify all future proceedings at law or in equity to be commenced by or against the said company Be it therefore enacted by His Excellency the Governor of New South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council thereof That from and after the passing of this Act every action suit or proceeding at law or in equity to be commenced or prosecuted by or on behalf of the said company against any person or persons whether a member or members of such company or otherwise or against any body or bodies politic or corporate for the recovering any debt or property real or personal or enforcing any claim right or demand of the said company or relating to any matier connected with the concerns or business of the said company may be commenced and prosecuted in the name of the Scerctary for the time being of the said company as the nominal plaintiff complainant or petitioncr for and on behalf of the said company and that. all actions suits or proceedings as aforesaid to be commenced or prosecuted against the said company shall be com- menced instituted and prosecuted against the Sceretary for the time being of the said company as the nominal defendant for and on behalf of the said company and in all criminal prosecutions to be instituted or carried on by or on behalf of the said company for fraud upon or against the said company or for embezzlement robbery stealing or counterfeiting the bills notes bonds moneys effects or property of the said company or for any felony misdemeanor or other offence by which the said company or their property shall or may be affected it shall be lawful and sufficient to state the property of the said company to be the property of such Secretary for the time being of the said company and any offender or offenders may be thereupon lawfully convicted of any such offence and that neither the death resignation suspension nor removal of such Scerctary shall abate or prejudice 2 any such action suit or proceeding but the same may be continued in the same name or in the name of the next or any succeeding Sceretary for the time being of the said company Provided nevertheless that the body or goods lands or tenements of such Seeretary shall not by reason of his being the nominal defendant in any such action suit or proceeding be liable to be arrested seized or taken in exccution.