Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 (WA)

Western Australia Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 Western Australia Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 Contents 1. Short title 3 2. Power to mortgage 3 3. Power to lease 4 4. Limitation of powers to mortgage and lease 4 5. Power of sale of lands granted by the Crown 5 6. Purchases etc. protected from certain irregularities 5 7. Certain transactions invalid without Governor's approval 5 8. "Lands", definition of 5 Notes Compilation table 6 Defined terms Western Australia Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895 An Act to empower the Bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Western Australia, and his successors in office, to lease, and raise money by way of mortgage on, Church lands, and to sell certain of such lands in certain cases. Preamble Whereas by the Ordinance made and passed by the Legislative Council in the 22nd year of the Reign of Her present Majesty, and numbered 4 2, it was enacted that all estate, right and title, legal and equitable, in and to all churches, buildings, convents, monasteries, lands and premises in the said Colony belonging to, and used in connection with the Roman Catholic Church, and then vested in any person or persons whomsoever as a trustee or trustees, should from and after the passing of that Ordinance and by virtue thereof, and without the necessity of any formal deed of assurance, be divested from such person or persons and vest absolutely and indefeasibly in the Roman Catholic Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Catholic Church in the said Colony and his successors in the said office upon the trusts mentioned and contained in the several deeds or other assurances in the law granting and conveying such churches, buildings, convents, monasteries, lands and premises to such person or persons as a trustee or trustees as aforesaid. And that the estate in all lands and premises which should be thereafter granted and conveyed by any person or persons for Roman Catholic Church purposes should be vested by deed or other proper assurance in the Roman Catholic Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the said Roman Catholic Church in the said Colony, and his successors, under and subject to such trusts as might be imposed by the donors and grantors thereof as conditions of their grant. And whereas the Right Reverend Matthew Gibney is at present the holder of the said office, and is desirous of improving and turning to better account certain of the said lands vested in him as such Bishop as aforesaid, and for such purposes of obtaining the powers and authorities hereinafter mentioned. Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and Legislative Assembly of Western Australia, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows: —