Roman Catholic Church (Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns) Lands Vesting Act 1945 (Qld)

Roman Catholic Church (Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns) Lands Vesting Act 1945

An Act to enable the vesting of certain real and personal property in a body corporate constituted pursuant to the Religious Educational and Charitable Institutions Act 1861 in the name and style of 'The Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns' and for other purposes

Preamble 1 Pursuant to letters patent dated 3 June 1943, issued under the hand of His Excellency the Governor of Queensland and the Public Seal of the said State, by virtue of the provisions of the Religious Educational and Charitable Institutions Act 1861, Catherine Mooney, Margaret Meagher, Margaret Power, and Julianne Wall, being persons holding and exercising certain offices in the Roman Catholic Church of the Congregation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns, in the said State, were constituted a body corporate by the name and style of 'The Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns' (the corporation). 2 It is desired that certain lands being freehold land in the names of various registered proprietors shall be vested in the corporation. Sch 1 3 Such freehold lands are more particularly described in schedule 1. 4 It is desired that certain leasehold land in the names of certain lessees shall be vested in the said corporation. Sch 2 5 The said lease is more particularly described in schedule 2. 6 It is desirable to give effect to such vesting as hereinbefore referred to.

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic Church (Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns) Lands Vesting Act 1945.

2 Vesting of lands in the Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns—schs 1 and 2 All lands, tenements, hereditaments, and lease, being the lands, tenements, hereditaments, and lease more particularly described in schedules 1 and 2, together with all rights, easements, interests, and appurtenances thereto shall without any conveyance or assignment or transfer or other assurance other than the authority of this Act be divested from the persons who at the passing of this Act are the registered proprietors or lessees, as the case may be, and shall be conveyed and transferred to and shall vest in the corporation (being The Corporation of the Sisters of Mercy of the Diocese of Cairns) as registered proprietor for an estate in fee simple in possession or as lessee, as the case may be, completely freed and discharged from the trusts (if any) under which at the passing of this Act the same are held, but subject to any encumbrances, leases, or other interests affecting the same and for the purposes of the corporation; and all personal property of whatsoever description being improvements on the said lands, tenements, hereditaments, and lease, shall without any conveyance or transfer other than the authority of this Act vest in the corporation as owner thereof absolutely.