Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 (WA)

Western Australia Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 Western Australia Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 Contents 1. Short title 1 2. Interpretation 1 3. Certain property vested in Bishop of Geraldton 1 4. Bishop of Geraldton to be a corporation sole 2 5. Power to mortgage 2 6. Purchasers, etc., protected from certain irregularities 2 7. Land titles, registration and fees 3 Schedule — Land vested in Bishop of Geraldton Notes Compilation table 5 Defined terms Western Australia Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 An Act to vest in the Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton land and other property belonging to the Diocese of Geraldton, and for other relative purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Roman Catholic Geraldton Church Property Act 1925 1.

2. Interpretation In this Act the word Property includes property of every kind whatsoever, both legal and equitable, real and personal, and choses in action.

3. Certain property vested in Bishop of Geraldton The lands comprised in the instruments of title set out in the schedule hereto, and all other property now or hereafter belonging to the Diocese of the Roman Catholic Church known as the Diocese of Geraldton, or vested in any person as trustee on account of the said Church in the said Diocese (including all lands the property of such Church standing in the name of the late William Bernard Kelly, the late Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton, or in the name of Richard Ryan, the present Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton), shall, by virtue hereof, vest absolutely in the Roman Catholic Bishop for the time being of the said Diocese, and his successors in office, subject to all trusts and dispositions respectively affecting the same.

4. Bishop of Geraldton to be a corporation sole For the purposes of this Act the said Bishop for the time being shall be a corporation sole, by the name of "The Roman Catholic Bishop of Geraldton," with perpetual succession and a common seal, and by and in that name may sue and be sued, and shall have power to purchase, take, and hold property, and (subject to the trusts and dispositions aforesaid) to sell, mortgage, lease, or dispose of any property hereby vested, and may, in respect of any real or leasehold property vested, exercise all powers conferred on the Bishop for the time being administering the ecclesiastical affairs of the Roman Catholic Church of Western Australia, and his successors in office, by the Roman Catholic Church Lands Act 1895.